Impressive Geelong Cup winner Point Of Law has had his weight raised 2kg for the Melbourne Cup. 

Racing Victoria handicapper David Hegan issued the penalty on Thursday after the now Ciaron Maher-trained Point Of Law’s 2400m win at Geelong on Wednesday. 

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Point Of Law was originally handicapped on the minimum of 51kg for the Melbourne Cup but rises to 53kg after Thursday’s announcement of a Cup penalty. 

“Point Of Law’s strong display of sustained on pace running left his rivals off the bit and chasing from the 600 metres, opening up a gap that couldn’t be closed,” Hegan said. 

“He had been a difficult horse to assess with only four career starts, all at three-year-old level, prior to the Geelong Cup, but the nature of his strong win against older horses with exposed form dictated that a meaningful weight reassessment was required heading towards the Melbourne Cup. 

“The reassessment was actually a 2.5kg increase against the weight for age scale, with the horse’s true weight previously sitting at 6kg below his weight for age benchmark at 50.5kg. 

“His new weight of 53kg means he now sits at 3.5kg below weight for age, which is the equivalent of an older male horse at 56kg such as Enfjaar, who ran an excellent third in the Sportsbet Caulfield Cup on Saturday. 

“He also moves to 0.5kg below fellow northern hemisphere three-year-old and Epsom Derby placegetter James J Braddock who has 53.5kg.” 

Hegan further noted with just five starts to his credit, Point Of Law was open to further improvement. 

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“I can’t handicap Point Of Law on potential, only on what he has done to date,” Hegan said. 

“Having performed yesterday against older horses, I now have a better measurement of his ability and so he moves to 53kg in the weight scale. 

“He may well improve off that run next time out, but only time will tell.” 

The Moonee Valley Cup and the Cox Plate, both run at Flemington on Saturday, offer the last ‘Golden Tickets’ into the Melbourne Cup (3200m) at Flemington on November 3. 

— RAS NewsWire