Quotes from the $200,000 Palisades (L)

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Joel Rosario (winning rider of Slipstream)

On how the race developed into the turn

“It seemed like he was fine with it. All the time I was just trying to improve my position, and he did. He was the best horse in the race.”

On seeing favored filly Twilight Gleaming [IRE] in the center of the course in the stretch

“I saw that and just tried to stay inside her, and hopefully his (Slipstream’s) best would come at the end and it did.”

Ben Colebrook (representing winning trainer Christophe Clement, who shipped Slipstream into Colebrook’s Keeneland barn)

On what Clement told him when Slipstream arrived

“He just said (Slipstream) was doing really well. (The colt) shipped in Friday and (Clement) said just to baby him until the race. We just jogged and schooled him. It was uneventful.”

On watching the race unfold from a trainer’s perspective

“(Jockey Joel Rosario) looked like he was loaded with horse. It was just whether he was going to get out, and right when you think that, it opened up and he just exploded through that hole. It was impressive and Joel did a great job.”

Irad Ortiz Jr. (rider of runner-up and favorite Twilight Gleaming [IRE], the lone filly in the race)

“I had a good trip. She always tries to drift a little bit in the stretch, but I did not want to fight her. I just let her be happy and kept riding and just got caught. I could feel (the winner) coming, but I could not fight with my filly. I just wanted her to keep moving forward.”

Wesley Ward (trainer of Twilight Gleaming)

“We will probably run one more time at Churchill (in the Mamzelle-L on May 14) before we decide about going to Ascot. We will make a decision after that. We ran as good as we could – no excuses.”

Adam Beschizza (rider of third-place finisher Pure Panic)

“He got a good trip. To be honest, I think the winner’s probably a Breeders’ Cup horse. He was a long shot. I was never going to get him (the winner). I was about 10 lengths back. There was a pretty big gap between me and second and the winner, but that’s probably the class difference. He ran good.