2025 CINEMA STAKES QUOTES

JOCKEY QUOTES

ANTONIO FRESU, FREEDOM’S NOT FREE, WINNER: “He’s very professional and very straightforward. The horse to my inside (Incanto) I rode last time so I knew him. I knew he had gate speed and he took the lead, I just gave a little target to my horse. When I asked him at the quarter pole, he went for it, but I don’t think he still gives 100 percent. He hit the front and did what he to do, then on the gallop-out I couldn’t stop him.”

OWNER QUOTES

SCOTT SHERWOOD, BLINKERS ON RACING, CO-OWNER, FREEDOM’S NOT FREE, WINNER: “We were a little disappointed there in the beginning with his first couple of races. There were a few little excuses and so forth, so we got that cleared up and we got him on turf and he found his calling.

“Obviously his pedigree says turf, but a lot of the early good ones were on dirt. We kind of thought he had a chance to be a dirt horse, but we are happy that he is what he is.

“You think about the Del Mar Derby and things like that. Mark (Glatt) thinks that he can go a bit farther. One of the reasons we bought him in the sale is he’s got a massive stride, so he covers a lot of ground. He does what he needs to do. I think a little more distance is in the wheelhouse “

NOTES: The winning trainer is Mark Glatt. The winning owners are Blinkers On Racing Stable, Janlois Racing, LLC, Valinor Racing Stable, LLC, Tom Corbett, Andy Kwan and Jay Lester Wagner.