Arch Kingsley and Kathy Neilson won at Aiken Steeplechase
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- By SARA CAVANAGH
AIKEN, S.C.--Arch Kingsley saddled I'm A Rocket Man (Ire) to win the $35,000 Maiden Hurdle and Kathy Neilson with L'Avvocato (Fr) won the $25,000 Ratings Handicap Hurdle at the Aiken Spring Steeplechase on Saturday, March 21.
I'm A Rocket Man over a fence halfway through the race (Photo by Tod Marks)This was I'm a Rocket Man's first race in this country after running five times in Ireland with two third place finishes.
"We brought him over last fall," said Kingsley. "We were going to run him last fall, but he got little hurt when he got here. That gave him a little extra time to get acclimated."
Owned by Hudson River Farms and ridden by Freddie Procter, I'm A Rocket Man won the 2 1/8 mile race by 1 3/4 lengths over Coal Boss, trained by Kate Dalton, and Rotterdam, trained by Ricky Hendriks.
"He's always trained like a nice horse," said Kingsley. "We were really pleased with him. There's a couple of non-winners of two were looking at for him, at Middleburg and at Great Meadows."
Kingsley also had Bee Well run third in the $40,000 Ratings Handicap.
"That was a satisfying performance," said Kinsley. "He was stepping up in class. We think a lot of him."
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