The Ciaron Maher-trained Point Of Law has won the 166th running of the Melbourne Cup, storming home under sunny skies at Flemington.
Royal Supremacy took a huge lead early but was swamped on the straight. Two other Maher runners, Zahrann and Juja Kibo, took out the minor placings in a photo finish. Sons And Lovers finished fourth.
Point of Law, in just his sixth start, was one of seven runners in the Cup trained by Maher. The horse had a huge win in the Geelong Cup less than a fortnight ago.
The win is Maher’s second Melbourne Cup triumph, which the 45-year-old adds to a Cox Plate and two Caulfield Cups.
The Chris Waller-trained Asterix was scratched on Tuesday morning after stewards discovered that Waller’s stable staff had mistakenly applied a commonly used anti-inflammatory oil, penetrene, to the horse’s front legs while applying bandages. The liniment is not performance-enhancing, but all race-day treatments are banned under the rules of racing.
Harry Coffey took his place aboard Shockletz, despite having had surgery on Sunday to a fractured collarbone he suffered in a race fall on Derby day.
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