Du Jour © Benoit Photo

FLAVIEN PRAT (Du Jour, winner) – “No special instructions for me; I’ve ridden him before. I had a good trip all the way around. When I got a chance to take him out I did and he went. He’s a nice horse; certainly could be a Breeders’ Cup Mile horse.”

BOB BAFFERT (Du Jour, winner) – “That was exciting. He’s always been a good horse but he tailed off on us so we gave him a lot of time off. I told (Flaven) Prat he was training like he was when he rode him two years ago. One thing about these grass horses you can run them at an older age and he’s getting good at the right time. My wife Jill, she was so excited.”

FRACTIONS:  :22.77  :46.08  1:10.14  1:22.25  1:33.82

The stakes win was the second of the meet for rider Prat and the fifth for trainer Baffert.

This was rider Prat’s fourth consecutive victory in the race. He now has 88 stakes wins at Del Mar, ninth best among all riders.

This was trainer Baffert’s fourth victory in the race, but his first since 2002 (Congaree). He now has 161 stakes wins at Del Mar, far and away the most by any trainer.

The winning owners are Jill Baffert and Debbie Lanni.