Makybe Diva sets records in winning second Melbourne Cup
AFP, November, 2004
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MELBOURNE, Australia (AFP) — Champion Australian mare Makybe Diva rewrote Melbourne Cup history and made light of rainswept conditions to clinch back-to-back wins in the country's greatest horse race here.
Makybe Diva became the first mare to claim the Cup twice in its 143-year history and established a weight-carrying record for a mare in the 3,200-metre (2 mile) race of 55.5kg at Flemington.
The 5-2 favourite, ridden by Glen Boss and giving trainer Lee Freedman his fourth Cup, flashed through along the rail about 200 metres (one furlong) from home to hold off champion Irish stayer Vinnie Roe (5-1) and land the 3.3 million US dollar Cup.
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Makybe Diva became the fifth horse to twice win the Melbourne Cup, after Archer (1861-62), Peter Pan (1932-34), Rain Lover (1968-69) and Think Big (1974-75).
Vinnie Roe, attempting ...
