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2005 Melbourne Cup
Melbourne Cup
LocationFlemington Racecourse
Melbourne, Australia
Date1 November 2005
Winning horseMakybe Diva
JockeyGlen Boss
TrainerLee Freedman
SurfaceGrass
Attendance106,479[1]
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Here's Makybe Diva, a nation roars for a hero, she's starting to wind up. 300 left to go now, Makybe Diva's racing up, Envoy trying to go with her, they've got to Portland Singa and Lachlan River, here comes Leica Falcon and Xcellent. But Makybe Diva clear with 100 meters to go, Xcellent runs to second, On a Jeune runs on, but a champion becomes a legend! Makybe Diva has won it!

Commentator Greg Miles describes the climax of the race

The 2005 Melbourne Cup was the 145th running of the Melbourne Cup, a prestigious Australian Thoroughbred horse race. The race, run over 3,200 metres (1.988 mi), was held on 1 November 2005 at Melbourne's Flemington Racecourse.

It was won by Makybe Diva[2] at the age of seven, trained by Lee Freedman and ridden by Glen Boss.[3] Makybe Diva broke her own weight carrying record by winning with 58 kg.[4] Makybe Diva is the only horse to win three successive Melbourne Cups.[5] Her retirement was announced with the third and final victory.

Prize money

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1st: $A3,700,000 2nd: $A750,000 3rd: $A375,000[6]

Field

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Placing[7] Horse Country Trainer Jockey # Barrier Time/margin
1st Makybe Diva GB Lee Freedman Glen Boss 1 14 3:19.17
8th Vinnie Roe IRE Dermot Weld (IRE) Pat Smullen 2 24 5.5L
19th Distinction IRE Michael Stoute (GB) Michael Kinane 3 21 20.6L
17th Greys Inn USA Mike De Kock (SAF) Weichong Marwing 4 13 17.3L
Last Franklins Gardens GB Mark Tompkins (GB) Darryll Holland 5 10 99.9L
12th Eye Popper JPN Izumi Shimizu (JPN) Shinji Fujita 6 9 6.8L
14th Railings AUS John Hawkes Greg Childs 7 5 9.1L
3rd Xcellent NZ Michael Moroney (NZ) Michael Coleman 8 17 1.8L
9th Kindjhal FR David Hayes Dwayne Dunn 9 12 5.6L
21st Hugs Dancer FR David Hayes Nicholas Ryan 10 7 29.6L
13th Demerger AUS Danny O'Brien Blake Shinn 11 4 7.8L
11th Dizelle AUS John Hawkes Darren Beadman 12 18 6.7L
5th Lachlan River NZ John Morrisey Glen Colless 13 3 2.3L
6th Portland Singa NZ Neville McBurney Larry Cassidy 14 1 4.1L
15th Vouvray NZ Peter Moody Scott Seamer 15 15 9.3L
2nd On a Jeune AUS Peter Montgomerie Darren Gauci 16 11 1.3L
20th Umbula AUS Mick Price Stephen Baster 17 8 23.6L
22nd Bazelle NZ Paul Jenkins (NZ) Rhys McLeod 18 22 29.8L
7th Envoy NZ Ken Kelso (NZ) Peter Mertens 19 2 4.5L
10th Rizon AUS Cliff Brown Jay Ford 20 16 6.6L
18th Strasbourg AUS Bart Cummings Luke Nolen 21 6 17.8L
4th Leica Falcon AUS Richard Freyer Kerrin McEvoy 22 20 2.1L
23rd Mr Celebrity NZ Gai Waterhouse Danny Beasley 23 19 29.9L
16th Kamsky AUS Bart Cummings Craig Williams 24 23 14.3L

Final moments

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As they left the straight, round the turn and along the back straight it was:

  1. 17 Umbula
  2. 23 Mr Celebrity
  3. 18 Bazelle
  4. 14 Portland Singa

Changed to:

  1. 23 Mr Celebrity
  2. 18 Bazelle
  3. 17 Umbula
  4. 14 Portland Singa

Then:

  1. 23 Mr Celebrity
  2. 14 Portland Singa
  3. 18 Bazelle
  4. 17 Umbula

With about 1100m left to go it was:

  1. 23 Mr Celebrity
  2. 14 Portland Singa
  3. 17 Umbula
  4. 18 Bazelle

As they came to the turn:

  1. 23 Mr Celebrity
  2. 14 Portland Singa
  3. 17 Umbula
  4. 6 Eye Popper

Then:

  1. 23 Mr Celebrity
  2. 14 Portland Singa
  3. 6 Eye Popper
  4. 17 Umbula

With 500m left to go:

  1. 14 Portland Singa
  2. 23 Mr Celebrity
  3. 6 Eye Popper
  4. 13 Lachlan River

Final:

  1. 1 Makybe Diva
  2. 16 On a Jeune
  3. 8 Xcellent
  4. 22 Leica Falcon


References

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  1. ^ "Track records and Attendances". Flemington.com.au. Archived from the original on 20 March 2021. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
  2. ^ 2005 Melbourne Cup result
  3. ^ "Melbourne Cup Odds and Tips".
  4. ^ "Official Site | 2021 Melbourne Cup Carnival".
  5. ^ /http://goaustralia.about.com/od/racing/f/makybediva.htm Archived 4 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ "2005 Melbourne Cup form guide – Racing News | TVNZ". Archived from the original on 30 September 2013.
  7. ^ "Melbourne Cup field & results 2005". racing.com. 1 November 2005.
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