Slipstream's summer itinerary includes Royal Ascot
ELMONT, N.Y. – Slipstream, who won the Palisades Stakes on April 10 at Keeneland in his 3-year-old debut, is being pointed to the Group 1 Commonwealth Stakes, a six-furlong race at the Royal Ascot meeting in June, trainer Christophe Clement said Sunday.
“At the moment, he is going to be trained to go there” or the Paradise Creek on May 29 at Belmont Park, Clement said. “Ascot is a much more exciting race and at the moment that would be our main goal.”
Slipstream, a son of More Than Ready, won the Grade 3 Futurity going six furlongs on turf at Belmont last fall. He attempted to stretch out to a two-turn mile in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf but finished sixth, beaten 2 3/4 lengths by winner Modern Games.
In the $188,788 Palisades, Slipstream rallied from last to beat Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint winner Twilight Gleaming by three-quarters of a length. He earned a career-best 90 Beyer Speed Figure.