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11/02 22:50 CST Point Of Law storms to a Melbourne Cup win after late surge
past Royal Supremacy
Point Of Law storms to a Melbourne Cup win after late surge past Royal Supremacy
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) --- Ethan Brown steered Point Of Law to victory in
the Melbourne Cup on Tuesday after overhauling frontrunner Royal Supremacy down
the stretch to take Australia's greatest horse race.
Zahrann placed second and Juja Kibo was third to complete a trifecta for
trainer Ciaron Maher, who had seven horses among the 23 starters at Flemington.
It was just the sixth race start for Point of Law, a three-year-old colt
formerly owned by King Charles III.
Earlier Tuesday, trainer Chris Waller was fined 50,000 Australian dollars
($35,000) and Astrix, an eight-year-old New Zealand gelding, was scratched by
stewards because medication was administered to the horse's forelegs on the
morning of the race.
The medication, penetrene, is used to relieve inflammation but is not allowed
on race days.
"It's a very basic liniment most stables use and I guess the pressure of race
day, the person that looks after the horse, put it on his legs right in front
of the security guard, nothing to hide," Waller said. "As soon as it happened
we knew there was a problem. "I've got to wear the responsibility, it's my
team."
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