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Trainer and jockey quotes following the Listed A.R. Creswick Stakes at Flemington on Saturday won by Free To Move.

Race Result:

1st: Free To Move (Team Keys/C Newitt) - $101
2nd: Brenlyn's Trooper (S Thompson/J Duffy) - $81
3rd: Capriccio (D Bowman/H Coffey) - $21

Winning Time: 1:12.04 Last 600m: 35.57

Margins: ½ Neck x Nose

It's an upset in the A.R. Creswick Stakes.

Free To Move salutes at $81 on the tote and gives @craig_newitt a @FlemingtonVRC double. pic.twitter.com/fIid8P9uXx

— Racing.com (@Racing) June 19, 2021

Winning Trainer: Ken & Kasey Keys (Kasey speaking)

"It's pretty special this boy.

"I was pretty confident that we could run a place. Obviously I was pretty scared of the favourite (Curran) but when there was some give in the track I thought we were a chance."

Winning Jockey: Craig Newitt

"He's all ticker. There's not much of him and he's got a really good will to win. He was stiff not to win the other day. Even going down to the gates, trotting and cantering him all the way down on a path that I knew I was going to be racing down.

"He jumped, travelled, sat outside the leader on a pretty good tempo. The swarm was coming and he just kept sticking his head out.

"I think the outside is a little bit better in these straight races but from where I was drawn I was never going to be able to go anywhere else. I didn't really want to go hard outside so I picked a little path in between the tyre tracks and he stayed in it and he got the job done."

Working hard to get rides: "It's just all about opportunities. This is the best book of rides I've had for a while now. To be able to get a couple of winners and still have a couple of chances to go, its a good day out."