Makybe Diva Career Highlights

Supermare Makybe Diva streaked into racing history on November 1, 2005, by winning the 2005 Melbourne Cup, the third consecutive year she has triumphed in Australia's premier horseracing event.Near Somerset, England, March 21, 1999Mare

Only racehorse to have won three Melbourne Cup races (2003, 2004, 2005), Flemington, Melbourne

Won the Sydney Cup (2004), Randwick, Sydney

Won the Australian Cup (2005), Flemington, Melbourne

Won the BMW (2005), Rosehill, Sydney

Won the W S Cox Plate (2005), Moonee Valley, Melbourne

Named Australian Champion Racehorse of the Year (August 2005)

Retired on November 1, 2005, after the Melbourne Cup race

First race:

Three-year-old Maiden Plate, Benalla Racecourse, Victoria, July 2002 — ran fourth

First win:

Wangaratta Maiden Plate, Victoria, August 2002

Race record:

36 starts, 15 wins, 4 seconds, 3 thirds

Career prizemoney:

A$14,426,685

Owner:

Tony Santic, who manages the Emily Kristine syndicate

Trainer:

David Hall until the 2003 Melbourne Cup, then Lee Freedman