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Trainer and jockey quotes after La Mexicana wins the Listed Crockett Stakes at Moonee Valley.

Race Result:

1st: La Mexicana (J Kah/A & S Freedman) - $2.40F
2nd: Twain's Express (J Mott/J McArdle) - $13
3rd: Highly Discreet (L Nolen/P Stokes) - $6

Winning Time: 1:12.62 Last 600m: 37.43

Margins: Short ½ Head x 2½L

What a day for Jamie Kah to ride four winners on Cox Plate Day. La Mexicana was mighty tough. pic.twitter.com/xvxZHvHLuR

— Racing.com (@Racing) October 24, 2020

Winning Trainer: Anthony & Sam Freedman (rep by Brad Taylor)

"It was a good performance. Jamie gets on with this filly really well. She's been a handful to manage at home but Jamie has done a great job with her at the jumpouts at home at Mornington to get her loaded into the barriers and gets on with her really well. It was a nice, brave performance today.

"It's great to get a win for Ricky (Surace) and now she's got black type on her page and she'll be a good asset to his broodmare band."

Sitting on the pace: "We though McEvoy's horse (Maha) would lead, so we opted to sit outside it and that was the winning of the race."

Where to next: "We'll probably take her to Sandown on the last day of the carnival. There's a Listed fillies 1400-metre race. That would be a step up in distance for her. She looks like she'll handle the step up in trip the way she fought off the second horse."

Winning Jockey: Jamie Kah

"She's a tricky filly, this girl, but she's got a lot of talent. She's just been a bit hard to manage, but the team had done a really good job tweaking some gear. They've got her absolutely flying. She's so fit at the minute.

"They ran along pretty solidly then. She just dug in deep at the end and put her best foot forward.

"I felt like 'Motty' (Jamie Mott) had us covered a hundred out but she was just too tough. She is a temperamental little thing and I didn't want to get beaten."

Riding four winners: "It's amazing. So humbled to be given these opportunities. I would have been great if there were some crowds here. Could have really celebrated, but nevertheless I'm so appreciative of everybody."