Tom’s Magic lived up to his favourite’s billing in the $400,000 Breeders’ Stakes on Sunday. But it was much more dramatic than his backers would have liked.

The U.S.-based runner returned to Woodbine a little more than a month after his second-place finish in the King’s Plate and captured the third leg of the Canadian triple crown, having to judge a very slow pace early in the race then holding off a long shot late.

Ridden by Rafael Hernandez, Tom’s Magic got a nice mid-pack tracking spot early in the 1 1/2-mile race behind early pacesetter D’aurum. Sensing a walking pace with a lot of jostling going on within the nine-horse field, Tom’s Magic moved up to press the issue along the backstretch but remained well in hand.

It looked like he had run away with the race in early stretch but 8-

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