WITH more than $1 million on offer, the seventh night of the 2020 Dubai World Cup Carnival saw a number of notable performances as Dubai World Cup might approaches. The features of the evening were the nine-furlong Group 2 Balanchine on turf and the Group 3 Firebreak Stakes on dirt over a mile.

The $200,000 Firebreak Stakes lost a little of its lustre when the favourite Muntazah was scratched earlier in the day, but fireworks were still in order with the beaten Dubai World Cup favourite Capezzano returning in a big way, recording a seven-length gate-to-wire victory under Mickael Barzalona. The Sultan Ali-owned son of Bernardini won for the fourth time over a mile at Meydan and set a stakes record time of 1min 36.23secs.