Makybe Diva Gives Birth to Future Star
Sunday August 19, 2007
With such illustrious parents as supermare Makybe Diva, winner of three consecutive Melbourne Cup races, and European champion racehorse Galileo, the foal born in the early morning hours of August 17 seems destined to be a future racing star.
Makybe Diva gave birth to the foal at Coolmore Stud in the upper Hunter region of New South Wales north of Sydney.
The supermare is the only Australian racehorse to have won the Melbourne Cup in three consecutive years (2003, 2004, 2005), retiring after the 2005 race to indelibly imprint her achievements in racing's history books.
The young colt is yet to be named. If placed on the market, it is likely to sell at A$5 to A$6 million, about double the current Australian record.
The colt's sire, Galileo, whose optimum distance was 2000 metres to a mile and a half, was a Derby winner whose father is said to be the leading stallion in the world.
The Melbourne Cup is run over 3200 metres at Melbourne's Flemington racecourse.
Photo: Makybe Diva in 2005, Mark Dadswell/Getty Images
Makybe Diva gave birth to the foal at Coolmore Stud in the upper Hunter region of New South Wales north of Sydney.
The supermare is the only Australian racehorse to have won the Melbourne Cup in three consecutive years (2003, 2004, 2005), retiring after the 2005 race to indelibly imprint her achievements in racing's history books.
The young colt is yet to be named. If placed on the market, it is likely to sell at A$5 to A$6 million, about double the current Australian record.
The colt's sire, Galileo, whose optimum distance was 2000 metres to a mile and a half, was a Derby winner whose father is said to be the leading stallion in the world.
The Melbourne Cup is run over 3200 metres at Melbourne's Flemington racecourse.
Photo: Makybe Diva in 2005, Mark Dadswell/Getty Images
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