King Charles sold racehorse months before it won Melbourne Cup for new owners

Racing rarely brings out stories this amusing. A young colt once owned by King Charles III was sold to Australian interests, placed in Ciaron Maher’s stable, and then produced the performance of his short career in the race Australia stops for. The horse named Point of Law won the Melbourne Cup at Flemington on November 3, 2026, in only his sixth career start, having never previously raced over the demanding 3,200 metre distance, according to AFP.The victory carried an extra twist.

Maher did not merely train the winner. His horses finished first, second and third, with Point of Law leading home stablemates Zahrann and Juja Kibo. The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) reported that this was the first time in the Melbourne Cup’s 166 editions that one trainer had filled the entire top three.For Maher, it was a second Melbourne Cup triumph, but the scale of this result was entirely different.

For Ethan Brown, the jockey who rode Point of Law, it was a first success in Australia’s most famous race.