Jill Baffert and Debbie Lanni's Du Jour poured it on in the stretch and kicked clear to a dominating victory Saturday in the $300,000 Del Mar Mile (G2).
With Flavien Prat riding for trainer Bob Baffert, the 5-year-old Temple City gelding easily cruised past overmatched rivals and romped across the finish line 2¼ lengths to the good of Grade 1 winner and favorite Exaulted, whose win streak was halted at four.
Du Jour added a second graded stakes win to his record following his 2021 American Turf (G2) score at Churchill Downs. He won the Wickerr July 23 during Del Mar's opening weekend.
Du Jour returned $10.20 for the victory after completing the one-mile trip in 1:33.82 on firm turf.
Visitant was third, a head behind Exaulted in the field of 10.
Du Jour improved his overall record to 5-3-2 from 15 starts. The $180,000 winner's share of the Del Mar Mile purse increased his lifetime earnings to $918,220.
Bred in Kentucky by Woods Edge Farm, Du Jour was produced by the Bernardini mare Guiltless. He was a $280,000 purchase by Donato Lanni, agent, at the 2020 OBS Spring Sale of Two-Year-Olds in Training, where Off the Hook consigned him.
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