Newgate daily racing briefTuesday 3 November 2026
Cup day delivered a wet Flemington and a new name on the honour roll, with Point Of Law holding off Zahrann and Juja Kibo. Off the track, a A$2 million betting plunge from JP McManus, a $50,000 fine for Chris Waller and a late medical clearance for Harry Coffey framed the build-up. Abroad, Fasig-Tipton's November Sale has wrapped up and Frankel's full-brother Noble Mission heads back to England.
Point Of Law has won the 2026 Melbourne Cup at Flemington, finishing ahead of Zahrann in second and Juja Kibo in third. Punters braved a rainy day at headquarters for the 3pm feature, in which Trustyourinstinct had been among the favourites.
Pedigrees: Point Of Law, Zahrann, Juja Kibo, Trustyourinstinct
JP McManus and Paul Byrne placed more than A$2 million in bets on the Melbourne Cup on the eve of the race. The wagers included A$1 million (£523,000/€627,000) on the leading British candidate Hopewell Rock.
Pedigrees: Hopewell Rock
Chris Waller has been fined $50,000 by Racing Victoria stewards after Penetrene, a topical anti-inflammatory and analgesic liniment, was applied to the forelegs of Asterix on Melbourne Cup morning. Acting on a report from RV's Compliance Assurance Team, stewards took evidence from Waller, stable staff, Tim George of the CAT team and regulatory vet Dr Edwina Wilkes, before Asterix was withdrawn at 10.33am. Waller pleaded guilty under Australian Racing Rule 227(a); stewards accepted the application was made in error by a staff member and took into account his guilty plea and record.
Pedigrees: Asterix
Ways And Means was the top lot at the 2026 Fasig-Tipton November Sale at $5 million. The full report was not accessible at the time of writing, so further sale aggregates and clearance figures are not available here.
Pedigrees: Ways And Means
Noble Mission, the Group 1-winning full-brother to Frankel, will stand at Kirsten Rausing's Lanwades Stud in Newmarket in 2027 at a fee of £9,000, covering a strictly limited book of mares. The 17-year-old son of Galileo stood at Lane's End in Kentucky from 2015 before moving to the JBBA Shizunai Stallion Station in Hokkaido in 2021, and joins Sea The Moon and Study Of Man at the farm. His progeny include Code Of Honor, Nobals and Spanish Mission, and have won more than 810 races and over $36 million. The deal was brokered by John Tyrrell of BBA Ireland.
Pedigrees: Noble Mission, Frankel, Galileo, Sea The Moon, Study Of Man, Code Of Honor, Nobals, Spanish Mission, Joyeuse, Amusingly
Harry Coffey was cleared to ride the Ciaron Maher-trained mare Shockletz in the Melbourne Cup after injuring his collarbone in a fall in Saturday's G1 Empire Rose Stakes at Flemington. He had scans at the Royal Melbourne Hospital on Saturday and a procedure at Epworth Hospital on Sunday, before being assessed on Monday by his surgeon and Racing Victoria chief medical officer Dr Ben Baressi. Shockletz was on the third line of Cup betting at $9.50 at the time of writing. Coffey won the 2024 Caulfield Cup for Maher on Duke De Sessa.
Pedigrees: Shockletz, Duke De Sessa
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