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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