Making just the sixth start of his life, Frankel three-year-old Point Of Law breezed home to lead an historic trifecta for trainer Ciaron Maher in the Lexus Melbourne Cup at Flemington.Bred by King Charles III and originally trained for the King and Queen by John and Thady Gosden, Point Of Law won the G3 Bahrain Trophy at Newmarket in July before being sold to race in Australia, where he won the G3 Geelong Cup on his southern hemisphere debut 13 days ago.“He's going to be a superstar horse, he's something special,” said winning jockey Ethan Brown, who took a break from race riding after suffering a life-threatening fall in the 2023 Australian Guineas. “Please don't wake me up. It's every jockey's dream to do this.”Brown continued, “He's in such good hands with Ciaron. He had the best turn of foot in the race. I thought he ran really well and he's going to be a future star if he's not already one today.”Point Of Law's stable-mate Royal Supremacy set a lethal early pace, opening up a 20-length lead on the field down the back stretch and leading by daylight into the home straight before visibly flagging within the final furlong as the eventual winner blew past him up the rail to win going away. A bob of heads settled the minor placings with Zahrann (Night Of Thunder) snatching second on the line under Ben Melham and G2 Moonee Valley Gold Cup winner Juja Kibo (Belardo) taking third. Sons and Lovers (Study Of Man), one of five runners in the race for dual Melbourne Cup-winning trainer Joseph O'Brien, finished best of the European challengers in fourth.“He's just thrived,” said Maher of Point Of Law, his second winner of the Melbourne Cup “There's nothing better than a true staying test.”Pedigree notesA third-generation homebred for the Royals Studs, Point Of Law is the first foal of the Deep Impact mare Portfolio, who was twice a winner for Queen Elizabeth II as well being placed in the Listed Chalice Stakes. Portfolio is a full-sister to the six-time winner Educator and half-sister to the 105-rated Warrant Holder, who ran third in the G3 September Stakes last month for the Gosdens.Granddam Diploma (Dubawi) won the Listed Lyric Stakes and is herself a daughter of Enticement (Montjeu), a dual Listed winner for the late Queen from a family honed by owner-breeders Wertheimer et Frere.The post Frankel’s Point Of Law Wins the Melbourne Cup appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions.