In a 1-2 finish for the Godolphin operation of Sheikh Mohammed, Capponi took second place three lengths away under jockey Ahmed Ajtebi in the sport's richest race.

Planteur, ridden by Ryan Moore for Newmarket-based Marco Botti, finished third of the 13 runners.

Frenchman Barzalona celebrated in the same flamboyant way he did after his success in last year's Epsom Derby on Pour Moi, raising his right arm in the air as he crossed the winning post.

Favourite So You Think, trained by Aidan O'Brien in Ireland and ridden by his son Joseph, was in contention turning into the straight but faded to fourth, with German raider Zazou fifth.

The first two home are trained by Mahmoud Al-Zarooni and it was Godolphin's fifth success in the race since the event was inaugurated in 1996.