TORONTO - Patrick Husbands and Danish Dynaformer made the $500,000 Breeders' Stakes a formality.

Husbands guided the 7/5 favourite to a commanding 7 3/4-length victory on a hot, muggy Sunday afternoon at Woodbine Racetrack. Husbands registered his fourth career Breeders' victory, tying him with Sandy Hawley and Robin Platts for most by a jockey.

And Husbands, of Brampton, Ont., knew early his horse was destined to win.

"I'd say about a mile out I knew I was the winner because as I gave him his head as he cleared the first turn, he spit the bit on me and I was happy," Husbands said. "That's what you really want going long . . . he was travelling so easy and wasn't on the bit, he was just galloping."

Trainer Roger Attfield earned his ninth Breeders' victory, extending his record for most wins by a conditioner.

Husbands had Danish Dynaformer sitting no worse than third at any point in the race and second behind Samuel Dechamplain coming into the final turn. Once in the stretch, Husbands let Danish Dynaformer loose and the only question that remained then was what the order of finish would be behind him.

"The first quarter was pretty relaxed but I didn't want him to lead, I just want these guys to pocket me," Husbands said. "As we got to the (final) turn Jim McAleney (jockey aboard Prince of Wales champion Breaking Lucky) came up next to me and looked at me and said, 'Jock, what are you going to do?'

"I said, 'All right,' and I turned him loose. As I gave him his head he relaxed and I just had an easy journey from there."

Danish Dynaformer finished the 1 1/2-mile race in 2:29.28 on a firm turf to earn the $300,000 winner's share. Conquest Boogaloo was second with Lucky Lindy third in 28 C temperatures with 58 per cent humidity.

McAleney and Breaking Lucky was last in the nine-horse field.

Danish Dynaformer paid $4.80, $3.10 and $2.20 while Conquest Boogaloo returned $4.70 and $3.30. Lucky Lindy paid $2.70.

Alan Garcia, Conquest Boogaloo's jockey, said his horse had a difficult trip.

"It was rough in the first part but he came with a big run," he said. "It was unlucky we were a little too far back, we followed the wrong horses and we ended up going backwards.

"It was a rough trip."

Robby Albardo, Lucky Lindy's jockey, praised the winner.

"At the three-eighths pole I look a little run at the winner," he said. "He was the horse to beat and I made him work for a little while but he showed his class and went on."

Husbands was humbled to tie Hall of Famers Hawley and Platts for most Breeders' wins. But the 42-year-old, seven times Canada's top jockey, has an eye on gaining sole possession of the record.

"Well, you know, I still have a couple more years left," he said with a chuckle. "I'm so happy and proud to win four Breeders' in terms of two great Hall of Fame riders.

"I'm glad I'm in that class right now."

Danish Dynaformer ran in all three Triple Crown races, finishing second to Shaman Ghost in the $1-million Queen's Plate before a disappointing sixth-place effort in last month's $500,000 Prince of Wales. Shaman Ghost didn't run Sunday after being beat by a neck by Breaking Lucky at Fort Erie Racetrack.

"I never had any doubt about this race," Attfield said. "This is what he wants to do, he's a distance-running, grass horse.

"The only doubt I had was (if) I messed him up by getting talked into (by owner Charles Fipke) running him in the Prince of Wales. We didn't lock horns, I just gave way to what he thought he wanted to do and I don't usually do that to be honest with you. This horse can cruise all day long and then go a quarter of a mile pretty damn quickly and that was my only feeling about this race. I wanted him to just be asked to run a quarter of a mile and that's what he did and did it very well."

Attfield said winning the Breeders' never gets old.

"It's obviously one of my favourite races," he said.

Danish Dynaformer earned his fourth win in eight starts this year and boosted his lifetime earnings past $608,000. The Plate Trial winner also recorded his third career turf victory.