The party may be in Brazil, as the world’s gaze is firmly set on the World Cup, but Fortaleza-born jockey Manoel Nunes recent form has been equally eye-catching.

Class prevailed in the Group 3 Yew Tee Classic Stakes when odds-on favourite City Lad raced away to a well-deserved first Group success on Friday night.

It took champion jockey Joao Moreira until the final event on Sunday’s 11 race program to finally claim his 200th winner of the season in Singapore.