The favored Are You Kidding Me gamely held off a closing Melmich to win the G2, $179,900 Eclipse Stakes for the third time for trainer Roger Attfield.
In his first start of the year, the pacemaker, Gignatic Breeze, finished a close third in the quality seven-horse field.
With Rafael Hernandez aboard, Are You Kidding Me covered a mile and a sixteenth in a snappy 1:43.14.