Makybe Diva
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Makybe Diva (GB)
is a British-bred, Australian-trained Thoroughbred
who became the first racehorse
to win the famed Melbourne Cup
on three occasions: 2003, 2004, and 2005. In 2005, she also won the Cox Plate
. Makybe Diva is the highest stakes-earner in Australasian horse racing history, with winnings of more than A$
14 million when she retired on 1 November 2005. Makybe Diva is one of only five horses to have won the Cup more than once in the long history of the event, which was first run in 1861. The others are Archer
, in 1861 and 1862, Peter Pan
, in 1932 and 1934, Rain Lover
, in 1968 and 1969, and Think Big
, in 1974 and 1975. Makybe Diva is the only mare among the list of multiple winners, and is one of only 14 female horses (11 mares
and three fillies
) to have won the Cup.
She is by Desert King
(a winner of the Irish Derby and Irish 2,000 Guineas) out of Tugela by Riverman (USA). Tugela was also the dam of the Australian stakes-winners, Musket and Valkyrie Diva. Makybe Diva is owned by South Australia
n tuna fisherman Tony Šantić
, who named her after five of his employees - Maureen, Kylie, Belinda, Diane, and Vanessa - by taking the first two letters from each of their names.
at the December 1998 Tattersall's Sale. As normally happens with Santic's British-purchased horses, she was taken to Dick Fowlston's Britton House Stud in Somerset
to board before being sent on to Australia. Tugela gave birth to a bay filly weighing 55 kilograms (121.3 lb) at five minutes past midnight on 21 March 1999. The filly was offered for sale at the 1999 Tatts Newmarket foal sale but did not make the reserve. Named Makybe Diva, the filly remained at Britton House Stud until August 2000 when she and Tugela were shipped to Australia.
, Makybe Diva made her racetrack debut in late-July 2002, as a three-year-old, in a maiden
at Benalla, Victoria
, and finished fourth. At her next start, two weeks later - and now classed as a four-year-old - Makybe Diva began a six-race winning sequence in a maiden at Wangaratta, which culminated in stakes wins, three months later, in the Werribee Cup (2,000 m) and the Queen Elizabeth Stakes (2,500 m). The last win was significant in that it qualified the mare for the following year's Melbourne Cup, and allowed her trainer to give her a light autumn campaign, which consisted of just two starts in relatively short races.
Makybe Diva's early career was unusual in that she was unable to contest any major races against horses of her own age, such as the Oaks, because she was foaled in the U.K.
to the northern hemisphere
breeding calendar. This meant that, for Australian racing purposes, where horses "age-up" on 1 August each year, she was bracketed with horses who were foaled approximately six months earlier, in the southern hemisphere
spring.
, where she again raced at the back of the field, before finishing fourth, beaten by only one length.
After finishing as a 14-1 outsider in the Caulfield Cup
, she began her partnership with Sydney jockey Glen Boss
. Coming from near last with 800 metre (0.497098189319845 mi) to go in the 2400 metres (1.5 mi) race, she finished fourth behind the Lee Freedman trained Mummify. The first Tuesday in November 2003 was her first Melbourne Cup victory. Starting as an $8 second favourite, Makybe Diva raced at the back of the field until the finishing straight, where jockey Boss picked his way through the field to win by one and a half lengths.
In the autumn of 2004, she resumed over 1400 metre (0.869921831309729 mi) with 59.5 kilograms (131.2 lb), followed by a third place finish in the Group 3 Carlyon Cup. Following this, she was blocked when making a winning run in the Australian Cup
before being taken to Sydney, where she placed third in the Ranvet Stakes
and The BMW Stakes, both Group 1 races. The Group 1 Sydney Cup
over 3200 metres (2 mi) was to be her final run for the campaign. Sent out as a $3.50 second favourite, she began off the pace, but ran home to record a win by half a length, becoming the first mare to ever win the Sydney Cup
/Melbourne Cup
double in the same season, and only the fourth horse to have accomplished the double win.
After the 2003-2004 season, trainer David Hall left to train in Hong Kong
, and Makybe Diva was transferred to trainer Lee Freedman
, generally regarded as one of Australia's top trainers.
Makybe Diva drew barrier 18 and settled at the back of the field. She was narrowly defeated by Elvstroem
who lead all the way.
Makybe Diva was sent out a $3.60 favourite, and won the 2004 Melbourne Cup. In driving rain, the mare defeated a field featuring multiple Irish St. Leger winner Vinnie Roe
, Caulfield Cup winners Mummify and Elvstroem
, Mamool
from the Godolphin
stable, as well as the 2002 Melbourne Cup winner Media Puzzle
.
Resuming racing in February, Makybe Diva put in close finishes behind Elvstroem in both the C F Orr Stakes
and St George Stakes
, at Caulfield. On 12 March, she won the Australian Cup
, a weight for age
event over 2000 metres (6,561.7 ft), and in the process broke the Australian record and setting an unofficial world record for 2000 metres (6,561.7 ft) on turf. She proceeded to win Sydney's most important WFA race, The BMW Stakes, with a last-to-first burst. In April and May, she raced in Japan, where she failed in two starts, the latter of which was over 3200 metres (10,498.7 ft) in the Group One Tenno Sho
(Emperor's Cup).
Makybe Diva was named Australian Champion Racehorse of the Year
for the 2004/05 season. Along with this she was also named Australian Champion Stayer
and Australian Champion Filly and Mare. A three quarter brother to Makybe Diva, by Redoute's Choice
, was sold in April 2005 for an Australian record price of $2.5 million. Subsequently named Musket, the colt won his debut at Canterbury
in August 2006, and in 2008 won the Gr.2 Shannon Stakes at Rosehill.
first up, before being defeated by a nose in the Dato Tan Chin Nam
Stakes at Moonee Valley. Two weeks later, with a run down the outside of the field Makybe Diva won the Turnbull Stakes over 2,000 m at Flemington. The mare further enhanced her reputation despite being eight horses wide on the home turn, with a comfortable victory in the 2005 Cox Plate subsequently beating 2006 winner Fields Of Omagh.
Prior to the Melbourne Cup there was doubt about whether Makybe Diva would start, after her connections said she would not run if the track was "too firm". After the VRC decided to water the track, however, she was declared a starter. On 1 November 2005, Makybe Diva created history in winning a record third Melbourne Cup
. Settling towards the back of the field, she steadily made ground in between runners around the home turn, before hitting the lead with around 300m to go and holding a comfortable 1 1/4 length margin at the finish. Immediately after the race trainer Lee Freedman said:
The win was not without controversy, however. Many, including rival trainers, suggested the track watering amounted to bad sportsmanship employed to give Makybe Diva the best chance to win the race. However, it is notable that the track condition was upgraded to good straight after the Cup, and the winning time of 3:19.18 was consistent with that rating.
Makybe Diva carried 58 kg during the record third Melbourne Cup, 2 kg above the standard weight-for-age scale. The last horse to carry more than weight-for-age and win was Rain Lover, who was 1 kg over when he won his second cup in 1969, with 60.5 kg. Makybe Diva, who broke her own weight-carrying record for a mare of 55.5 kg, which she set in 2004, was the highest-weighted winner of the Cup since Think Big won his second Melbourne Cup with 58.5 kg in 1975. During the presentation of the Melbourne Cup, owner Tony Šantić announced that Makybe Diva would "retire from racing as of today".
At the end of the 2005 - 2006 season Makybe Diva was named Australian Champion Racehorse of the Year
for the second time, becoming just the third horse to win that accolade more than once. She was also named Australian Champion Stayer
, winning this award for the third consecutive year as well as Australian Champion Middle Distance Racehorse
.
On 4 July 2006, Makybe Diva was inducted into the Australian Racing Hall of Fame
.
It was announced on 5 August 2006, that Makybe Diva would be honoured at Flemington Racecourse with a bronze statue, in recognition of her historic 3 Melbourne Cup wins. A life-sized bronze statue was also erected on the foreshore in Šantić's home town of Port Lincoln, South Australia
.
Makybe Diva headed the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities ratings for the 2005 - 2006 official end of season assessment. She was given a rating of 124, ahead of Electrocutionist
, David Junior
and Heart's Cry on 123. On 10 August 2006, it was announced that Makybe Diva would be served by Epsom Derby
winner Galileo
at Coolmore Stud.
At 3.16am on the morning of 17 August 2007, AEST time, Makybe Diva gave birth to her first foal, now named Rockstardom, at Coolmore Stud in the Hunter Valley of NSW. Coolmore's Peter O'Brien, said the bay colt "...is a lovely colt with a white face and two white feet", and that "both mother and son were doing very well".
Makybe Diva was due to be served by Encosta De Lago
in the spring of 2007 until the outbreak of equine influenza forced the stud to be quarantined. Owner Tony Šantić
sent the Diva to American champion Fusaichi Pegasus
instead. On 20 August 2008, Makybe gave birth to her second foal, a filly by the aforementioned Fusaichi Pegasus. This filly, later named La Dolce Diva, sold at auction
for $1.2 million to trainer Mark Kavanagh of Melbourne. Makybe Diva had a colt on 28 August 2009 by Encosta De Lago and was covered by More Than Ready for the 2010 season, but she did not produce a foal in 2010.
At a ceremony in Melbourne on 5 September 2010, held in conjunction with the Australian Horse of the Year awards, Makybe Diva was officially recognised as a legend by the Australian Racing Hall of Fame
. The champion mare joins an elite group consisting of Phar Lap
, Bart Cummings
and Scobie Breasley
.
Makybe Diva gave birth to her fourth foal, a bay colt by Lonhro
, on 16 August 2011 in Victoria.
Great Britain
Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...
is a British-bred, Australian-trained Thoroughbred
Thoroughbred
The Thoroughbred is a horse breed best known for its use in horse racing. Although the word thoroughbred is sometimes used to refer to any breed of purebred horse, it technically refers only to the Thoroughbred breed...
who became the first racehorse
Horse racing
Horse racing is an equestrian sport that has a long history. Archaeological records indicate that horse racing occurred in ancient Babylon, Syria, and Egypt. Both chariot and mounted horse racing were events in the ancient Greek Olympics by 648 BC...
to win the famed Melbourne Cup
Melbourne Cup
The Melbourne Cup is Australia's major Thoroughbred horse race. Marketed as "the race that stops a nation", it is a 3,200 metre race for three-year-olds and over. It is the richest "two-mile" handicap in the world, and one of the richest turf races...
on three occasions: 2003, 2004, and 2005. In 2005, she also won the Cox Plate
Cox Plate
The W.S. Cox Plate is an Australian Group 1 Thoroughbred horse race held in Melbourne every October by the Moonee Valley Racing Club to honour W.S. Cox, the club's founder. For three-year-olds and over, the race is considered to be the Weight for Age championship of Australasia...
. Makybe Diva is the highest stakes-earner in Australasian horse racing history, with winnings of more than A$
Australian dollar
The Australian dollar is the currency of the Commonwealth of Australia, including Christmas Island, Cocos Islands, and Norfolk Island, as well as the independent Pacific Island states of Kiribati, Nauru and Tuvalu...
14 million when she retired on 1 November 2005. Makybe Diva is one of only five horses to have won the Cup more than once in the long history of the event, which was first run in 1861. The others are Archer
Archer (horse)
Archer was an Australian Thoroughbred racehorse who won the first and the second Melbourne Cups in 1861 and 1862. He won both Cups easily, and is one of only five horses to win the Melbourne Cup twice or more; he is one of only four horses to win two successive Cups.-Breeding:Archer was sired by...
, in 1861 and 1862, Peter Pan
Peter Pan III
Peter Pan was a chestnut Australian Thoroughbred stallion by Pantheon out of Alwina by St Alwyne . He was foaled at the Baroona Stud north of Sydney Australia in 1929. His sire, Pantheon was an outstanding racehorse winning 10 races from 44 starts in England and Australia...
, in 1932 and 1934, Rain Lover
Rain Lover
Rain Lover was a champion Australian Thoroughbred racehorse. He was one of the very few horses to win the Melbourne Cup more than once. Rain Lover was sired by the good racehorse, Latin Lover his dam Rain Spot was by Valognes .He was owned and bred by Clifford A. Reid, who won the 1945 Melbourne...
, in 1968 and 1969, and Think Big
Think Big (horse)
Think Big was a Thoroughbred racehorse who raced in Australia, winning the Melbourne Cup in both 1974 and 1975. Bred by the estate of the late L. A...
, in 1974 and 1975. Makybe Diva is the only mare among the list of multiple winners, and is one of only 14 female horses (11 mares
Mare (horse)
A mare is an adult female horse or other equine.In most cases, a mare is a female horse over the age of three, and a filly is a female horse age three and younger. However, in Thoroughbred horse racing, a mare is defined as a female horse more than four years old; in harness racing a mare is a...
and three fillies
Filly
A filly is a young female horse too young to be called a mare. There are several specific definitions in use.*In most cases filly is a female horse under the age of four years old....
) to have won the Cup.
She is by Desert King
Desert King
Desert King is a Thoroughbred racehorse. Desert King won the Irish Derby Stakes and Irish 2,000 Guineas and was the sire of 13 stakeswinners with 34 stakeswins including Makybe Diva ....
(a winner of the Irish Derby and Irish 2,000 Guineas) out of Tugela by Riverman (USA). Tugela was also the dam of the Australian stakes-winners, Musket and Valkyrie Diva. Makybe Diva is owned by South Australia
South Australia
South Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories.South Australia shares borders with all of the mainland...
n tuna fisherman Tony Šantić
Tony Santic
Tony Šantić Tony Šantić Tony Šantić (born 17 October 1952, Lastovo, Croatia, is a noted Australian thoroughbred owner and tuna farmer. He came to Australia with his family in 1958, aged six. His parents settled in Geelong, Victoria for the next 8 years before Tony and his mother moved to Port...
, who named her after five of his employees - Maureen, Kylie, Belinda, Diane, and Vanessa - by taking the first two letters from each of their names.
Prior to racing
The Makybe Diva story began in 1998 in England. Tony Šantić's bloodstock agent John Foote purchased Tugela in foal to Desert King for 60,000 guineasGuinea (British coin)
The guinea is a coin that was minted in the Kingdom of England and later in the Kingdom of Great Britain and the United Kingdom between 1663 and 1813...
at the December 1998 Tattersall's Sale. As normally happens with Santic's British-purchased horses, she was taken to Dick Fowlston's Britton House Stud in Somerset
Somerset
The ceremonial and non-metropolitan county of Somerset in South West England borders Bristol and Gloucestershire to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east, and Devon to the south-west. It is partly bounded to the north and west by the Bristol Channel and the estuary of the...
to board before being sent on to Australia. Tugela gave birth to a bay filly weighing 55 kilograms (121.3 lb) at five minutes past midnight on 21 March 1999. The filly was offered for sale at the 1999 Tatts Newmarket foal sale but did not make the reserve. Named Makybe Diva, the filly remained at Britton House Stud until August 2000 when she and Tugela were shipped to Australia.
Season 2002-2003
Originally trained by David HallDavid Hall (horse trainer)
David Hall is an Australian horse trainer.The son of trainer, Joe Hall, he obtained his trainer's license in 1988 at Morphettville...
, Makybe Diva made her racetrack debut in late-July 2002, as a three-year-old, in a maiden
Maiden race horse
A Maiden race horse is the term that refers to a race horse that has yet to win a single race. The races are generally run for younger more inexperienced horses at two and three. However, many maidens never "break their maiden", and will continue to race at later ages, often retiring winless.Zippy...
at Benalla, Victoria
Benalla, Victoria
Benalla is a city of just over 9,000 people located just off the Hume Freeway in north-eastern Victoria, Australia, about southwest of Wangaratta. Its Local Government Area is the Rural City of Benalla.- Overview :...
, and finished fourth. At her next start, two weeks later - and now classed as a four-year-old - Makybe Diva began a six-race winning sequence in a maiden at Wangaratta, which culminated in stakes wins, three months later, in the Werribee Cup (2,000 m) and the Queen Elizabeth Stakes (2,500 m). The last win was significant in that it qualified the mare for the following year's Melbourne Cup, and allowed her trainer to give her a light autumn campaign, which consisted of just two starts in relatively short races.
Makybe Diva's early career was unusual in that she was unable to contest any major races against horses of her own age, such as the Oaks, because she was foaled in the U.K.
Great Britain
Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...
to the northern hemisphere
Northern Hemisphere
The Northern Hemisphere is the half of a planet that is north of its equator—the word hemisphere literally means “half sphere”. It is also that half of the celestial sphere north of the celestial equator...
breeding calendar. This meant that, for Australian racing purposes, where horses "age-up" on 1 August each year, she was bracketed with horses who were foaled approximately six months earlier, in the southern hemisphere
Southern Hemisphere
The Southern Hemisphere is the part of Earth that lies south of the equator. The word hemisphere literally means 'half ball' or "half sphere"...
spring.
Season 2003-2004 (Melbourne Cup 1)
Makybe Diva resumed racing in the spring over 1400 metre (0.869921831309729 mi), but while being reasonably competitive, she did not win any major races. Second up at her next start in the Group 3 Stock Stakes she came from behind to finish fourth, beaten by just over two lengths. She then started 5-1 equal favourite in the Group 2 Turnbull StakesTurnbull Stakes
The Turnbull Stakes is a 2000 metre Group 1 Australian Thoroughbred horse race, run under set weights with penalties conditions. The race is held at Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne in October. Total prize money is A$502,000. It is one of the important races of the Spring Racing Carnival along...
, where she again raced at the back of the field, before finishing fourth, beaten by only one length.
After finishing as a 14-1 outsider in the Caulfield Cup
Caulfield Cup
The Caulfield Cup, one of Australia's richest Thoroughbred horse races and the richest of its type in the world is held annually by the Melbourne Racing Club. The race is a handicap like the Melbourne Cup, which means that horses that compete in the Caulfield Cup are capable of running on the...
, she began her partnership with Sydney jockey Glen Boss
Glen Boss
Glen Boss is an Australian jockey, considered a champion, who is best known for riding Makybe Diva to victory in three consecutive Melbourne Cups - 2003, 2004, and 2005.-External links:***...
. Coming from near last with 800 metre (0.497098189319845 mi) to go in the 2400 metres (1.5 mi) race, she finished fourth behind the Lee Freedman trained Mummify. The first Tuesday in November 2003 was her first Melbourne Cup victory. Starting as an $8 second favourite, Makybe Diva raced at the back of the field until the finishing straight, where jockey Boss picked his way through the field to win by one and a half lengths.
In the autumn of 2004, she resumed over 1400 metre (0.869921831309729 mi) with 59.5 kilograms (131.2 lb), followed by a third place finish in the Group 3 Carlyon Cup. Following this, she was blocked when making a winning run in the Australian Cup
Australian Cup
The Australian Cup is a Group 1 Weight for Age race for Thoroughbred racehorses run over 2000 metres, at Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia in March...
before being taken to Sydney, where she placed third in the Ranvet Stakes
Ranvet Stakes
The Ranvet Stakes is a 2000 metre weight-for-age Thoroughbred horse race for three year olds and over, run at Rosehill Gardens Racecourse in Sydney Australia, early in March each year...
and The BMW Stakes, both Group 1 races. The Group 1 Sydney Cup
Sydney Cup
The Sydney Cup is an Australian horse race, held for Thoroughbred horses and run over 3200 metres. It is run every year at Randwick Racecourse in Sydney, New South Wales in April/May...
over 3200 metres (2 mi) was to be her final run for the campaign. Sent out as a $3.50 second favourite, she began off the pace, but ran home to record a win by half a length, becoming the first mare to ever win the Sydney Cup
Sydney Cup
The Sydney Cup is an Australian horse race, held for Thoroughbred horses and run over 3200 metres. It is run every year at Randwick Racecourse in Sydney, New South Wales in April/May...
/Melbourne Cup
Melbourne Cup
The Melbourne Cup is Australia's major Thoroughbred horse race. Marketed as "the race that stops a nation", it is a 3,200 metre race for three-year-olds and over. It is the richest "two-mile" handicap in the world, and one of the richest turf races...
double in the same season, and only the fourth horse to have accomplished the double win.
After the 2003-2004 season, trainer David Hall left to train in Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...
, and Makybe Diva was transferred to trainer Lee Freedman
Lee Freedman
David Lee Freedman is a prominent Australian racehorse trainer. In partnership with brothers Anthony, Michael, and Richard, he has been a prolific winner of Australia's major races in past 20 years, with four Golden Slippers, four Caulfield Cups, two Cox Plates, and five Melbourne Cups,...
, generally regarded as one of Australia's top trainers.
Season 2004-2005 (Melbourne Cup 2)
Her campaign in the spring of 2004, was aimed at winning the Melbourne Cup for a second time. It followed the pattern of her previous cup winning campaign, even though she appeared to be racing better than before. A close second in the Group 2 John F Feehan Stakes over 1600 metres (5,249.3 ft) at Moonee Valley, showed her competitiveness in shorter races. In the 2004 Caulfield CupCaulfield Cup
The Caulfield Cup, one of Australia's richest Thoroughbred horse races and the richest of its type in the world is held annually by the Melbourne Racing Club. The race is a handicap like the Melbourne Cup, which means that horses that compete in the Caulfield Cup are capable of running on the...
Makybe Diva drew barrier 18 and settled at the back of the field. She was narrowly defeated by Elvstroem
Elvstroem
Elvstroem was an outstanding bay Thoroughbred racehorse, by world champion sire Danehill from the former champion three-year-old filly, Circles of Gold.-Dam:...
who lead all the way.
Makybe Diva was sent out a $3.60 favourite, and won the 2004 Melbourne Cup. In driving rain, the mare defeated a field featuring multiple Irish St. Leger winner Vinnie Roe
Vinnie Roe
Vinnie Roe is a retired Irish Thoroughbred racehorse and active sire. He won the Irish St. Leger for four years in succession and was named European Champion Stayer in the Cartier Racing Awards for 2002. He also became known internationally for his three attempts to win the Melbourne Cup in which...
, Caulfield Cup winners Mummify and Elvstroem
Elvstroem
Elvstroem was an outstanding bay Thoroughbred racehorse, by world champion sire Danehill from the former champion three-year-old filly, Circles of Gold.-Dam:...
, Mamool
Mamool
Mamool is a Thoroughbred racehorse who raced for five years from 2001 through 2005.Bred and raced by the operations of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum of Dubai, among Mamool's wins were the Queen's Vase and the Yorkshire Cup in England in the Group Ones Grosser Preis von Baden and Grosser...
from the Godolphin
Godolphin Stables
Godolphin Racing is the Maktoum family's private thoroughbred horseracing stable and was named in honour of the Godolphin Arabian, who came from the desert to become one of the three founding stallions of the modern thoroughbred....
stable, as well as the 2002 Melbourne Cup winner Media Puzzle
Media Puzzle
Media Puzzle , foaled in the United States was an Irish horse bred by Walter Haefner's Moyglare Stud Farm and owned by Dr. M. W. Smurfit. He was sired by Theatrical, the 1987 U.S. Champion Male Turf Horse, and out of the mare Market Slide by Gulch, the 1988 U.S. Champion Sprint Horse...
.
Resuming racing in February, Makybe Diva put in close finishes behind Elvstroem in both the C F Orr Stakes
C F Orr Stakes
The C F Orr Stakes is a Group 1 Australian thoroughbred horse race at Weight for Age, run over a distance of 1400 metres at Caulfield Racecourse, Melbourne in February. Prizemoney in 2010 is A$400,000...
and St George Stakes
St George Stakes
The St George Stakes is a Group 2 Australian Thoroughbred horse race held under weight for age conditions, for horses aged two years old and upwards, over a distance of 1800 metres. It is held at Caulfield racecourse in Melbourne every February. Total prize money is A$200,000.-Distance:1900 -...
, at Caulfield. On 12 March, she won the Australian Cup
Australian Cup
The Australian Cup is a Group 1 Weight for Age race for Thoroughbred racehorses run over 2000 metres, at Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia in March...
, a weight for age
Weight for Age
Weight for Age is a term in Thoroughbred horse racing which is one of the conditions for a race. It means that a horse will carry a set weight in accordance with the Weight for Age Scale. This weight varies depending on the horse’s age, its sex, the race distance and the month of the year...
event over 2000 metres (6,561.7 ft), and in the process broke the Australian record and setting an unofficial world record for 2000 metres (6,561.7 ft) on turf. She proceeded to win Sydney's most important WFA race, The BMW Stakes, with a last-to-first burst. In April and May, she raced in Japan, where she failed in two starts, the latter of which was over 3200 metres (10,498.7 ft) in the Group One Tenno Sho
Tenno Sho
The Tennō Shō is a horse race held twice a year in Japan, once in the spring and once in the autumn. "Tenno" means "Emperor of Japan". The races are both International Grade I races. Prior to the 2007 races, both Tenno Sho races were Japanese domestic Grade I races.-Spring:The Spring Tenno Sho...
(Emperor's Cup).
Makybe Diva was named Australian Champion Racehorse of the Year
Australian Champion Racehorse of the Year
The Australian Champion Racehorse of the Year is awarded to the Thoroughbred horse who is voted to be the champion horse within an Australian racing season. This award is open to all racehorses racing within Australia, regardless of age and sex, and includes overseas performances.This award...
for the 2004/05 season. Along with this she was also named Australian Champion Stayer
Australian Champion Stayer
The Australian Champion Stayer is awarded annually to the Thoroughbred horse whose performances in Australia over distances of 2,200 metres and greater are deemed to be the superior to its rivals....
and Australian Champion Filly and Mare. A three quarter brother to Makybe Diva, by Redoute's Choice
Redoute's Choice
Redoute's Choice was a multiple Group One-winning Australian Thoroughbred racehorse and is now a champion sire. He is by the phenomenal international sire Danehill out of the lightly raced mare Shantha's Choice...
, was sold in April 2005 for an Australian record price of $2.5 million. Subsequently named Musket, the colt won his debut at Canterbury
Canterbury Park Racecourse
Canterbury Park Racecourse is a racecourse for horse racing in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is located 11 km from the Sydney Central Business District, in the suburb of Canterbury, adjacent to Canterbury railway station.- Races :...
in August 2006, and in 2008 won the Gr.2 Shannon Stakes at Rosehill.
Season 2005-2006 (Melbourne Cup 3)
Resuming racing in August 2005, Makybe Diva won the Group 2 Memsie StakesMemsie Stakes
The Memsie Stakes is a Group 2 weight-for-age Thoroughbred horse race run at Caulfield Racecourse over 1,400 metres . The total prizemoney for the race is A$201,000...
first up, before being defeated by a nose in the Dato Tan Chin Nam
Dato Tan Chin Nam
Dato' Tan Chin Nam is an entrepreneur and developer in Malaysia and an owner of Australian-based Thoroughbred racehorses. His family is the majority shareholder of IGB Corporation Berhad....
Stakes at Moonee Valley. Two weeks later, with a run down the outside of the field Makybe Diva won the Turnbull Stakes over 2,000 m at Flemington. The mare further enhanced her reputation despite being eight horses wide on the home turn, with a comfortable victory in the 2005 Cox Plate subsequently beating 2006 winner Fields Of Omagh.
Prior to the Melbourne Cup there was doubt about whether Makybe Diva would start, after her connections said she would not run if the track was "too firm". After the VRC decided to water the track, however, she was declared a starter. On 1 November 2005, Makybe Diva created history in winning a record third Melbourne Cup
2005 Melbourne Cup
The 2005 Melbourne Cup was held on Tuesday, 1 November 2005. It was won by Makybe Diva for the third time in a row, the first time this has happened in the history of the cup. The Melbourne Cup is the most popular horse race in Australia, and is televised around the world...
. Settling towards the back of the field, she steadily made ground in between runners around the home turn, before hitting the lead with around 300m to go and holding a comfortable 1 1/4 length margin at the finish. Immediately after the race trainer Lee Freedman said:
The win was not without controversy, however. Many, including rival trainers, suggested the track watering amounted to bad sportsmanship employed to give Makybe Diva the best chance to win the race. However, it is notable that the track condition was upgraded to good straight after the Cup, and the winning time of 3:19.18 was consistent with that rating.
Makybe Diva carried 58 kg during the record third Melbourne Cup, 2 kg above the standard weight-for-age scale. The last horse to carry more than weight-for-age and win was Rain Lover, who was 1 kg over when he won his second cup in 1969, with 60.5 kg. Makybe Diva, who broke her own weight-carrying record for a mare of 55.5 kg, which she set in 2004, was the highest-weighted winner of the Cup since Think Big won his second Melbourne Cup with 58.5 kg in 1975. During the presentation of the Melbourne Cup, owner Tony Šantić announced that Makybe Diva would "retire from racing as of today".
At the end of the 2005 - 2006 season Makybe Diva was named Australian Champion Racehorse of the Year
Australian Champion Racehorse of the Year
The Australian Champion Racehorse of the Year is awarded to the Thoroughbred horse who is voted to be the champion horse within an Australian racing season. This award is open to all racehorses racing within Australia, regardless of age and sex, and includes overseas performances.This award...
for the second time, becoming just the third horse to win that accolade more than once. She was also named Australian Champion Stayer
Australian Champion Stayer
The Australian Champion Stayer is awarded annually to the Thoroughbred horse whose performances in Australia over distances of 2,200 metres and greater are deemed to be the superior to its rivals....
, winning this award for the third consecutive year as well as Australian Champion Middle Distance Racehorse
Australian Champion Middle Distance Racehorse
The Australian Champion Middle Distance Racehorse is awarded annually to the horse whose performances in Australia over distances between 1401m and 2199m are deemed to be the superior to its rivals.It has been awarded since the 1999 - 2000 season....
.
After Racing
In 2006 the inaugural Spirit of Sport Award (for 2005) was given to Makybe Diva and her connections (Lee Freedman, Tony Šantić and Glen Boss) by the Sport Australia Hall of Fame for her three successive Melbourne Cups. Spirit of Sport Award siteOn 4 July 2006, Makybe Diva was inducted into the Australian Racing Hall of Fame
Australian Racing Hall of Fame
The Australian Racing Hall of Fame is part of the Australian Racing Museum which documents and honours the horseracing legends of Australia. The museum officially opened in 1981 and created the Hall of Fame in 2000....
.
It was announced on 5 August 2006, that Makybe Diva would be honoured at Flemington Racecourse with a bronze statue, in recognition of her historic 3 Melbourne Cup wins. A life-sized bronze statue was also erected on the foreshore in Šantić's home town of Port Lincoln, South Australia
Port Lincoln, South Australia
- Transport :Port Lincoln is the port for the isolated narrow gauge Eyre Peninsular Railway.There is also a subsidiary port at Proper Bay which may be restored to use for iron ore traffic. The export of iron ore through Port Lincoln has been approved by the South Australian Government. Port...
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Makybe Diva headed the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities ratings for the 2005 - 2006 official end of season assessment. She was given a rating of 124, ahead of Electrocutionist
Electrocutionist
Electrocutionist was a Thoroughbred racehorse. Electrocutionist won eight of his 12 career starts, including three Grade I's, and won more than $5.6 million. Racing four times for the operation based in both Dubai and Newmarket, he was scheduled to participate in the Emirates Airline Champion...
, David Junior
David Junior
David Junior is a retired thoroughbred racehorse and active sire, who was bred in the United States but trained in the United Kingdom during his racing career which lasted from 2004 to 2006...
and Heart's Cry on 123. On 10 August 2006, it was announced that Makybe Diva would be served by Epsom Derby
Epsom Derby
The Derby Stakes, popularly known as The Derby, internationally as the Epsom Derby, and under its present sponsor as the Investec Derby, is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain open to three-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies...
winner Galileo
Galileo (horse)
Galileo is a retired Irish Thoroughbred racehorse and active sire. He is best known for winning the Epsom Derby, Irish Derby Stakes, and King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes in 2001 and for his rivalry with the Godolphin champion Fantastic Light...
at Coolmore Stud.
At 3.16am on the morning of 17 August 2007, AEST time, Makybe Diva gave birth to her first foal, now named Rockstardom, at Coolmore Stud in the Hunter Valley of NSW. Coolmore's Peter O'Brien, said the bay colt "...is a lovely colt with a white face and two white feet", and that "both mother and son were doing very well".
Makybe Diva was due to be served by Encosta De Lago
Encosta De Lago
Encosta De Lago is an Australian bred Thoroughbred racehorse that won three group races from eight starts including the Group One , Vic Health Cup against older horses. He was the Leading sire in Australia during 2008 and 2009....
in the spring of 2007 until the outbreak of equine influenza forced the stud to be quarantined. Owner Tony Šantić
Tony Santic
Tony Šantić Tony Šantić Tony Šantić (born 17 October 1952, Lastovo, Croatia, is a noted Australian thoroughbred owner and tuna farmer. He came to Australia with his family in 1958, aged six. His parents settled in Geelong, Victoria for the next 8 years before Tony and his mother moved to Port...
sent the Diva to American champion Fusaichi Pegasus
Fusaichi Pegasus
Fusaichi Pegasus was purchased as a yearling for $4 million by Fusao Sekiguchi. His name is a combination of his owner's name, "Fusao," and the Japanese word for one, "ichi," to mean #1 or the best. The second half is the winged horse of Greek mythology. Fusaichi Pegasus won the Kentucky Derby...
instead. On 20 August 2008, Makybe gave birth to her second foal, a filly by the aforementioned Fusaichi Pegasus. This filly, later named La Dolce Diva, sold at auction
Auction
An auction is a process of buying and selling goods or services by offering them up for bid, taking bids, and then selling the item to the highest bidder...
for $1.2 million to trainer Mark Kavanagh of Melbourne. Makybe Diva had a colt on 28 August 2009 by Encosta De Lago and was covered by More Than Ready for the 2010 season, but she did not produce a foal in 2010.
At a ceremony in Melbourne on 5 September 2010, held in conjunction with the Australian Horse of the Year awards, Makybe Diva was officially recognised as a legend by the Australian Racing Hall of Fame
Australian Racing Hall of Fame
The Australian Racing Hall of Fame is part of the Australian Racing Museum which documents and honours the horseracing legends of Australia. The museum officially opened in 1981 and created the Hall of Fame in 2000....
. The champion mare joins an elite group consisting of Phar Lap
Phar Lap
Phar Lap was a champion Thoroughbred racehorse whose achievements captured the public's imagination during the early years of the Great Depression. Foaled in New Zealand, he was trained and raced in Australia. Phar Lap dominated Australian racing during a distinguished career, winning a Melbourne...
, Bart Cummings
Bart Cummings
James Bartholomew 'Bart' Cummings, AM is one of the most successful Australian racehorse trainers. He is known as the Cups King, referring to the Melbourne Cup, as the he has won the 'race that stops a nation' a record 12 times....
and Scobie Breasley
Scobie Breasley
Arthur Edward "Scobie" Breasley was an Australian jockey. He won the Caulfield Cup in Melbourne five times: 1942-45 consecutively on Tranquil Star, Skipton, Counsel and St Fairy; then on Peshawar in 1952...
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Makybe Diva gave birth to her fourth foal, a bay colt by Lonhro
Lonhro
Lonhro was a champion Australian racehorse who is now standing at stud. Nicknamed "The Black Flash", Lonhro was from the first crop of the champion Octagonal out of the Group One-placed Shadea , who also produced the Group One winner Niello...
, on 16 August 2011 in Victoria.
Race Record
| Result | Date | Race!!Venue!!Distance!!Weight (kg)!!Time!!Jockey!!Winner/2nd | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4th | 29/7/2002 | 3yo Maiden | Benalla | 1200m | 54.5 | 1:13.15 | F. Alesci | Blues Explosion 1st |
| Result | Date | Race!!Venue!!Distance!!Weight (kg)!!Time!!Jockey!!Winner/2nd | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Won | 13/08/2002 | Maiden | Wangaratta | 1600m | 55 | 1:41.70 | V. Hall | Sing Us a Tune 2nd |
| Won | 3/9/2002 | Class 1 | Sale | 1700m | 55 | 1:43.97 | V. Hall | Zanisa 2nd |
| Won | 17/9/2002 | Class 3 | Ballarat | 2000m | 54.5 | 2:07.15 | V. Hall | Our Fireman Sam 2nd |
| Won | 3/10/2002 | F & M Handicap | Flemington Flemington Racecourse Flemington Racecourse is a major horse racing venue located in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is most notable for hosting the Melbourne Cup, which is Australia's richest horse race. The racecourse is situated on low alluvial flats, next to the Maribyrnong River... |
2000m | 52 | 2:02.31 | B.Prebble | Little Miss Quick 2nd |
| Won | 30/10/2002 | Werribee Cup | Werribee | 2000m | 51.5 | 2:03.24 | L. Currie | Aquiver 2nd |
| Won | 9/11/2002 | Queen Elizabeth Stakes VRC Queen Elizabeth Stakes The VRC Queen Elizabeth Stakes is a Victoria Racing Club Group 3 Australian Thoroughbred horse race for horses aged three years old and over, under open handicap conditions, over a distance of 2500 metres.It is held at Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne.... |
Flemington Flemington Racecourse Flemington Racecourse is a major horse racing venue located in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is most notable for hosting the Melbourne Cup, which is Australia's richest horse race. The racecourse is situated on low alluvial flats, next to the Maribyrnong River... |
2500m | 52 | 2:35.78 | L. Currie | Spirit of Westbury 2nd |
| 8th | 5/4/2003 | Open Handicap | Caulfield Caulfield Racecourse Caulfield Racecourse is one of Melbourne, Australia's best-known horse-racing tracks. Commonly known as "The Heath" by local racegoers, it is located eight kilometres from the Melbourne CBD, on the boundary of Caulfield and Caulfield East in Melbourne's south eastern suburbs... |
1400m | 55.5 | 1:22.52 | V. Hall | Karamazou 1st |
| 6th | 25/4/2003 | Auckland RC Hcp. | Flemington Flemington Racecourse Flemington Racecourse is a major horse racing venue located in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is most notable for hosting the Melbourne Cup, which is Australia's richest horse race. The racecourse is situated on low alluvial flats, next to the Maribyrnong River... |
1600m | 56.5 | 1:37.10 | V. Hall | Old Man 1st |
| Result | Date | Race!!Venue!!Distance!!Weight (kg)!!Time!!Jockey!!Winner/2nd | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4th | 30/08/2003 | Noel Rundle Welter | Caulfield Caulfield Racecourse Caulfield Racecourse is one of Melbourne, Australia's best-known horse-racing tracks. Commonly known as "The Heath" by local racegoers, it is located eight kilometres from the Melbourne CBD, on the boundary of Caulfield and Caulfield East in Melbourne's south eastern suburbs... |
1400m | 58.5 | 1:25.32 | L. Currie | C'Est Le Reve 1st |
| 4th | 13/09/2003 | W H Stock Stakes | Moonee Valley Moonee Valley Racecourse Moonee Valley Racecourse is a horse-racing track in Melbourne, Australia which hosts races for Thoroughbreds. Located six kilometers from the Melbourne CBD, it is the home of the Moonee Valley Racing Club... |
1600m | 55.5 | 1:36.81 | S. Arnold | Sunday Joy 1st |
| 4th | 4/10/2003 | Turnbull Stakes Turnbull Stakes The Turnbull Stakes is a 2000 metre Group 1 Australian Thoroughbred horse race, run under set weights with penalties conditions. The race is held at Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne in October. Total prize money is A$502,000. It is one of the important races of the Spring Racing Carnival along... |
Flemington Flemington Racecourse Flemington Racecourse is a major horse racing venue located in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is most notable for hosting the Melbourne Cup, which is Australia's richest horse race. The racecourse is situated on low alluvial flats, next to the Maribyrnong River... |
2000m | 56.5 | 2:04.06 | L. Currie | Studebaker 1st |
| 4th | 18/10/2003 | Caulfield Cup Caulfield Cup The Caulfield Cup, one of Australia's richest Thoroughbred horse races and the richest of its type in the world is held annually by the Melbourne Racing Club. The race is a handicap like the Melbourne Cup, which means that horses that compete in the Caulfield Cup are capable of running on the... |
Caulfield Caulfield Racecourse Caulfield Racecourse is one of Melbourne, Australia's best-known horse-racing tracks. Commonly known as "The Heath" by local racegoers, it is located eight kilometres from the Melbourne CBD, on the boundary of Caulfield and Caulfield East in Melbourne's south eastern suburbs... |
2400m | 51.5 | 2:25.98 | G. Boss | Mummify 1st |
| Won | 4/11/2003 | Melbourne Cup Melbourne Cup The Melbourne Cup is Australia's major Thoroughbred horse race. Marketed as "the race that stops a nation", it is a 3,200 metre race for three-year-olds and over. It is the richest "two-mile" handicap in the world, and one of the richest turf races... |
Flemington Flemington Racecourse Flemington Racecourse is a major horse racing venue located in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is most notable for hosting the Melbourne Cup, which is Australia's richest horse race. The racecourse is situated on low alluvial flats, next to the Maribyrnong River... |
3200m | 51 | 3:19.90 | G. Boss | She's Archie 2nd |
| 7th | 14/2/2004 | Chester Manifold Stakes | Flemington Flemington Racecourse Flemington Racecourse is a major horse racing venue located in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is most notable for hosting the Melbourne Cup, which is Australia's richest horse race. The racecourse is situated on low alluvial flats, next to the Maribyrnong River... |
1400m | 59.5 | 1:21.12 | V. Hall | Mr Murphy 1st |
| 3rd | 28/2/2004 | Carlyon Cup Carlyon Cup The Carlyon Cup is a Group 3 Australian Thoroughbred open horse race held under set weight conditions with penalties, for horses aged three years old and upwards, over a distance of 1400 metres. It is held at Caulfield Racecourse in Melbourne in February... |
Caulfield Caulfield Racecourse Caulfield Racecourse is one of Melbourne, Australia's best-known horse-racing tracks. Commonly known as "The Heath" by local racegoers, it is located eight kilometres from the Melbourne CBD, on the boundary of Caulfield and Caulfield East in Melbourne's south eastern suburbs... |
1600m | 56.5 | 1:36.24 | G. Boss | La Sirenuse 1st |
| 6th | 8/3/2004 | Australian Cup Australian Cup The Australian Cup is a Group 1 Weight for Age race for Thoroughbred racehorses run over 2000 metres, at Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia in March... |
Flemington Flemington Racecourse Flemington Racecourse is a major horse racing venue located in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is most notable for hosting the Melbourne Cup, which is Australia's richest horse race. The racecourse is situated on low alluvial flats, next to the Maribyrnong River... |
2000m | 55.5 | 2:01.67 | G. Boss | Lonhro Lonhro Lonhro was a champion Australian racehorse who is now standing at stud. Nicknamed "The Black Flash", Lonhro was from the first crop of the champion Octagonal out of the Group One-placed Shadea , who also produced the Group One winner Niello... 1st |
| 3rd | 20/3/2004 | Ranvet Stakes Ranvet Stakes The Ranvet Stakes is a 2000 metre weight-for-age Thoroughbred horse race for three year olds and over, run at Rosehill Gardens Racecourse in Sydney Australia, early in March each year... |
Rosehill Rosehill Gardens Racecourse The Rosehill Gardens Racecourse is located in the Western Sydney suburb of Rosehill, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is home of the Sydney Turf Club. Rosehill holds horse races for thoroughbred gallopers on a grass surface. It is one of the two premier racecourses in Sydney, the... |
2000m | 55.5 | 2:03.22 | G. Boss | Sound Action 1st |
| 3rd | 3/4/2004 | The BMW Stakes | Rosehill Rosehill Gardens Racecourse The Rosehill Gardens Racecourse is located in the Western Sydney suburb of Rosehill, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is home of the Sydney Turf Club. Rosehill holds horse races for thoroughbred gallopers on a grass surface. It is one of the two premier racecourses in Sydney, the... |
2400m | 55.5 | 2:25.78 | G. Boss | Grand Zulu 1st |
| Won | 17/4/2004 | Sydney Cup Sydney Cup The Sydney Cup is an Australian horse race, held for Thoroughbred horses and run over 3200 metres. It is run every year at Randwick Racecourse in Sydney, New South Wales in April/May... |
Randwick Randwick Racecourse Royal Randwick Racecourse is a racecourse for horseracing in the Eastern Suburbs in Sydney, New South Wales. Randwick Racecourse, is operated by the Australian Jockey Club and known to many Sydney racegoers as headquarters... |
3200m | 55.5 | 3:21.21 | G. Boss | Manawa King 2nd |
| Result | Date | Race!!Venue!!Distance!!Weight (kg)!!Time!!Jockey!!Winner/2nd | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4th | 28/08/2004 | Memsie Stakes Memsie Stakes The Memsie Stakes is a Group 2 weight-for-age Thoroughbred horse race run at Caulfield Racecourse over 1,400 metres . The total prizemoney for the race is A$201,000... |
Caulfield Caulfield Racecourse Caulfield Racecourse is one of Melbourne, Australia's best-known horse-racing tracks. Commonly known as "The Heath" by local racegoers, it is located eight kilometres from the Melbourne CBD, on the boundary of Caulfield and Caulfield East in Melbourne's south eastern suburbs... |
1400m | 55.5 | 1:23.02 | L. CurrieS | Regal Roller 1st |
| 2nd | 11/09/2004 | J F Feehan Stakes | Moonee Valley Moonee Valley Racecourse Moonee Valley Racecourse is a horse-racing track in Melbourne, Australia which hosts races for Thoroughbreds. Located six kilometers from the Melbourne CBD, it is the home of the Moonee Valley Racing Club... |
1600m | 55.5 | 1:42.50 | L. Currie | Delzao 1st |
| 7th | 2/10/2004 | Turnbull Stakes Turnbull Stakes The Turnbull Stakes is a 2000 metre Group 1 Australian Thoroughbred horse race, run under set weights with penalties conditions. The race is held at Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne in October. Total prize money is A$502,000. It is one of the important races of the Spring Racing Carnival along... |
Flemington Flemington Racecourse Flemington Racecourse is a major horse racing venue located in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is most notable for hosting the Melbourne Cup, which is Australia's richest horse race. The racecourse is situated on low alluvial flats, next to the Maribyrnong River... |
2000m | 56.5 | 2:00.46 | D. Oliver | Elvstroem Elvstroem Elvstroem was an outstanding bay Thoroughbred racehorse, by world champion sire Danehill from the former champion three-year-old filly, Circles of Gold.-Dam:... 1st |
| 2nd | 16/10/2004 | Caulfield Cup Caulfield Cup The Caulfield Cup, one of Australia's richest Thoroughbred horse races and the richest of its type in the world is held annually by the Melbourne Racing Club. The race is a handicap like the Melbourne Cup, which means that horses that compete in the Caulfield Cup are capable of running on the... |
Caulfield Caulfield Racecourse Caulfield Racecourse is one of Melbourne, Australia's best-known horse-racing tracks. Commonly known as "The Heath" by local racegoers, it is located eight kilometres from the Melbourne CBD, on the boundary of Caulfield and Caulfield East in Melbourne's south eastern suburbs... |
2400m | 55.5 | 2:31.37 | G. Boss | Elvstroem Elvstroem Elvstroem was an outstanding bay Thoroughbred racehorse, by world champion sire Danehill from the former champion three-year-old filly, Circles of Gold.-Dam:... 1st |
| Won | 2/11/2004 | Melbourne Cup Melbourne Cup The Melbourne Cup is Australia's major Thoroughbred horse race. Marketed as "the race that stops a nation", it is a 3,200 metre race for three-year-olds and over. It is the richest "two-mile" handicap in the world, and one of the richest turf races... |
Flemington Flemington Racecourse Flemington Racecourse is a major horse racing venue located in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is most notable for hosting the Melbourne Cup, which is Australia's richest horse race. The racecourse is situated on low alluvial flats, next to the Maribyrnong River... |
3200m | 55.5 | 3:28.55 | G. Boss | Vinnie Roe Vinnie Roe Vinnie Roe is a retired Irish Thoroughbred racehorse and active sire. He won the Irish St. Leger for four years in succession and was named European Champion Stayer in the Cartier Racing Awards for 2002. He also became known internationally for his three attempts to win the Melbourne Cup in which... 2nd |
| 7th | 12/2/2005 | C F Orr Stakes C F Orr Stakes The C F Orr Stakes is a Group 1 Australian thoroughbred horse race at Weight for Age, run over a distance of 1400 metres at Caulfield Racecourse, Melbourne in February. Prizemoney in 2010 is A$400,000... |
Caulfield Caulfield Racecourse Caulfield Racecourse is one of Melbourne, Australia's best-known horse-racing tracks. Commonly known as "The Heath" by local racegoers, it is located eight kilometres from the Melbourne CBD, on the boundary of Caulfield and Caulfield East in Melbourne's south eastern suburbs... |
1400m | 55.5 | 1:22.85 | S. King | Elvstroem Elvstroem Elvstroem was an outstanding bay Thoroughbred racehorse, by world champion sire Danehill from the former champion three-year-old filly, Circles of Gold.-Dam:... 1st |
| 2nd | 26/2/2005 | St George Stakes St George Stakes The St George Stakes is a Group 2 Australian Thoroughbred horse race held under weight for age conditions, for horses aged two years old and upwards, over a distance of 1800 metres. It is held at Caulfield racecourse in Melbourne every February. Total prize money is A$200,000.-Distance:1900 -... |
Caulfield Caulfield Racecourse Caulfield Racecourse is one of Melbourne, Australia's best-known horse-racing tracks. Commonly known as "The Heath" by local racegoers, it is located eight kilometres from the Melbourne CBD, on the boundary of Caulfield and Caulfield East in Melbourne's south eastern suburbs... |
1800m | 56.5 | 1:49.56 | G. Boss | Elvstroem Elvstroem Elvstroem was an outstanding bay Thoroughbred racehorse, by world champion sire Danehill from the former champion three-year-old filly, Circles of Gold.-Dam:... 1st |
| Won | 12/3/2005 | Australian Cup Australian Cup The Australian Cup is a Group 1 Weight for Age race for Thoroughbred racehorses run over 2000 metres, at Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia in March... |
Flemington Flemington Racecourse Flemington Racecourse is a major horse racing venue located in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is most notable for hosting the Melbourne Cup, which is Australia's richest horse race. The racecourse is situated on low alluvial flats, next to the Maribyrnong River... |
2000m | 55.5 | 1:58.73 | G. Boss | Winning Belle 2nd |
| Won | 19/3/2005 | The BMW Stakes | Rosehill Rosehill Gardens Racecourse The Rosehill Gardens Racecourse is located in the Western Sydney suburb of Rosehill, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is home of the Sydney Turf Club. Rosehill holds horse races for thoroughbred gallopers on a grass surface. It is one of the two premier racecourses in Sydney, the... |
2400m | 55.5 | 2:26.99 | G. Boss | Grand Armee 2nd |
| 7th | 10/4/2005 | April Stakes | Nakayama Nakayama Racecourse is located in Funabashi, Chiba, Japan. It is used for horse racing. It has a capacity of 165,676. It was built in 1990. It has 15,944 seats.-Physical attributes:Nakayama Race Course has two grass courses, a dirt course, and a jump course.... |
2000m | 59 | 2:00.1 | G. Boss | Suzuno 1 March |
| 7th | 1/5/2005 | Tenno Sho Tenno Sho The Tennō Shō is a horse race held twice a year in Japan, once in the spring and once in the autumn. "Tenno" means "Emperor of Japan". The races are both International Grade I races. Prior to the 2007 races, both Tenno Sho races were Japanese domestic Grade I races.-Spring:The Spring Tenno Sho... |
Kyoto Kyoto Racecourse is located in Fushimi-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. It is used for horse racing. It has a capacity of 120,000. It was built in 1999. It has 28,000 seats.-Physical attributes:Kyoto Race Course has two turf courses, a dirt course, and a jump course.... |
3200m | 56 | 3:16.5 | G. Boss | Suzuka Mambo 1st |
| Result | Date | Race!!Venue!!Distance!!Weight (kg)!!Time!!Jockey!!Winner/2nd | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Won | 27/08/2005 | Memsie Stakes Memsie Stakes The Memsie Stakes is a Group 2 weight-for-age Thoroughbred horse race run at Caulfield Racecourse over 1,400 metres . The total prizemoney for the race is A$201,000... |
Caulfield Caulfield Racecourse Caulfield Racecourse is one of Melbourne, Australia's best-known horse-racing tracks. Commonly known as "The Heath" by local racegoers, it is located eight kilometres from the Melbourne CBD, on the boundary of Caulfield and Caulfield East in Melbourne's south eastern suburbs... |
1400m | 55.5 | 1:26.75 | S. King | Barely a Moment 2nd |
| 2nd | 10/09/2005 | J F Feehan Stakes | Moonee Valley Moonee Valley Racecourse Moonee Valley Racecourse is a horse-racing track in Melbourne, Australia which hosts races for Thoroughbreds. Located six kilometers from the Melbourne CBD, it is the home of the Moonee Valley Racing Club... |
1600m | 55.5 | 1:37.64 | G. Boss | Lad of the Manor 1st |
| Won | 1/10/2005 | Turnbull Stakes Turnbull Stakes The Turnbull Stakes is a 2000 metre Group 1 Australian Thoroughbred horse race, run under set weights with penalties conditions. The race is held at Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne in October. Total prize money is A$502,000. It is one of the important races of the Spring Racing Carnival along... |
Flemington Flemington Racecourse Flemington Racecourse is a major horse racing venue located in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is most notable for hosting the Melbourne Cup, which is Australia's richest horse race. The racecourse is situated on low alluvial flats, next to the Maribyrnong River... |
2000m | 56.5 | 2:01.57 | G. Boss | Lad of the Manor 2nd |
| Won | 22/10/2005 | Cox Plate Cox Plate The W.S. Cox Plate is an Australian Group 1 Thoroughbred horse race held in Melbourne every October by the Moonee Valley Racing Club to honour W.S. Cox, the club's founder. For three-year-olds and over, the race is considered to be the Weight for Age championship of Australasia... |
Moonee Valley Moonee Valley Racecourse Moonee Valley Racecourse is a horse-racing track in Melbourne, Australia which hosts races for Thoroughbreds. Located six kilometers from the Melbourne CBD, it is the home of the Moonee Valley Racing Club... |
2040m | 55.5 | 2:09.27 | G. Boss | Lotteria 2nd |
| Won | 1/11/2005 | Melbourne Cup Melbourne Cup The Melbourne Cup is Australia's major Thoroughbred horse race. Marketed as "the race that stops a nation", it is a 3,200 metre race for three-year-olds and over. It is the richest "two-mile" handicap in the world, and one of the richest turf races... |
Flemington Flemington Racecourse Flemington Racecourse is a major horse racing venue located in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is most notable for hosting the Melbourne Cup, which is Australia's richest horse race. The racecourse is situated on low alluvial flats, next to the Maribyrnong River... |
3200m | 58 | 3:19.79 | G. Boss | On a Jeune 2nd |
Pedigree
See also
- List of leading Thoroughbred racehorses
- Millionaire Racehorses in AustraliaMillionaire racehorses in Australia-Highest 50:Currently out-of-date*Delta Blues has mainly won his prizemoney in Japan. Elegant Fashion has mainly won hers in Hong Kong. Cape of Good Hope has mainly won his prizemoney in the UK and Hong Kong...
- Repeat winners of horse racesRepeat winners of horse races-Eight wins:-Seven wins:-Six wins:* The Race Around Yorkshire Handicap was renamed the "Gods Solution Handicap" in 1990.-Five wins:Cheekio Ora won the Herefordshire Light Horse Breeding Society's Hunter Chase five times in the 1980s....