FORT ERIE - Ryan Munger and Runaway Again played the role of spoiler to perfection Tuesday.

Runaway Again overtook Mansetti just before the wire to capture the $400,000 Prince of Wales Stakes by half a length at Fort Erie Racetrack. Mansetti, with apprentice jockey Pietro Moran aboard, were chasing the second leg of the OLG Canadian Triple Crown after winning last month's $1-million King's Plate at Toronto's Woodbine Racetrack.

“He's a quirky horse,” said Munger. “You can't bully him.

"He doesn't like to be told what to do, so you have to kind of treat him like your wife or your girlfriend. You have to be very, very nice to him, and he’ll be nice back to you.”

It was a calculating trip for Munger, who kept Runaway Again off the pace behind leaders Mansetti, Scorching and Ashley's Arche

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