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latter of which was over in the Group One Tenno Sho (Emperor's Cup).
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Makybe Diva was named Australian Champion Racehorse of the Year for the 2004/05 season. Along with
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this, she was also named Australian Champion Stayer and Australian Champion Filly and Mare. A
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three-quarter brother to Makybe Diva, by Redoute's Choice, was sold in April 2005 for an Australian
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record price of $2.5 million. Subsequently, named Musket, the colt won his debut at Canterbury in
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August 2006, and in 2008 won the Gr.2 Shannon Stakes at Rosehill.
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2005/2006: Seven-Year-Old Season (Melbourne Cup 3)
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Resuming racing in August 2005, Makybe Diva won the Group 2 Memsie Stakes first up, before being
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defeated by a nose in the Dato Tan Chin Nam Stakes at Moonee Valley. Two weeks later, with a run
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down the outside of the field, Makybe Diva won the Turnbull Stakes over 2,000 m at Flemington. The
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mare further enhanced her reputation despite being eight horses wide on the home turn, with a
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comfortable victory in the 2005 Cox Plate, subsequently beating 2006 winner Fields of Omagh.
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Prior to the Melbourne Cup, whether Makybe Diva would start was in doubt, after her connections
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said she would not run if the track was "too firm". After the VRC decided to water the track,
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however, she was declared a starter. On 1 November 2005, she made history in winning a record third
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Melbourne Cup. Settling towards the back of the field, she steadily made ground between runners
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around the home turn, before hitting the lead with around 300 m to go and holding a comfortable
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1-1/4-length margin at the finish. Immediately after the race, trainer Lee Freedman said:
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The win was not without controversy, however. Many, including rival trainers, suggested the track
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watering amounted to bad sportsmanship employed to give Makybe Diva the best chance to win the
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race. However, the track condition was upgraded to good straight after the Cup, and the winning
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time of 3:19.18 was consistent with that rating.
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Makybe Diva carried 58 kg during the record third Melbourne Cup, 0.5 kg above the weight-for-age
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scale for a mare in a 3200m race. The last horse to carry more than weight-for-age and win was Rain
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Lover, who was 1 kg over when he won his second cup in 1969, with 60.5 kg. In 2005, Makybe Diva
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broke her own weight-carrying record for a mare of 55.5 kg, which she set in 2004, and became the
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highest-weighted winner of the Cup since Think Big won his second Melbourne Cup with 58.5 kg in
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1975. During the presentation of the Melbourne Cup, owner Tony Šantić announced that Makybe Diva
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would "retire from racing as of today".
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At the end of the 2005–06 season, Makybe Diva was named Australian Champion Racehorse of the Year
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for the second time, becoming just the third horse to win that accolade more than once. She was
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also named Australian Champion Stayer, winning this award for the third consecutive year, as well
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as Australian Champion Middle Distance Racehorse.
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Breeding career
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On 10 August 2006, it was announced that Makybe Diva would be served by Epsom Derby winner Galileo
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at Coolmore Stud.
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At 3:16 on the morning of 17 August 2007, AEST time, Makybe Diva gave birth to her first foal,
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named Rockstardom, at Coolmore Stud in the Hunter Valley of NSW. Sold for AU$1.5 million as a
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yearling in 2009, he won two races in 12 starts, earning $26,115 over three years. Rockstardom was
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gelded and died of a skull fracture in his stall at C. Waller's stables on 26 July 2013.
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Makybe Diva was due to be served by Encosta De Lago in the spring of 2007 until the outbreak of
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equine influenza forced the stud to be quarantined. Owner Tony Šantić sent the Diva to American
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champion Fusaichi Pegasus, instead. On 20 August 2008, Makybe gave birth to her second foal, a
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filly by the aforementioned Fusaichi Pegasus. This filly, later named La Dolce Diva, sold at
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auction for $1.2 million to trainer Mark Kavanagh of Melbourne. Makybe Diva had a colt on 28 August
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2009 by Encosta De Lago and was covered by More Than Ready for the 2010 season, but she did not
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produce a foal in 2010.
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Makybe Diva gave birth to her fourth foal, a bay colt by Lonhro, on 16 August 2011 in Victoria. Her
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fifth foal, born in September 2012, is a colt sired by High Chaparral.
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Awards
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In 2006, the inaugural Spirit of Sport Award (for 2005) was given to Makybe Diva and her
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connections (Lee Freedman, Tony Šantić, and Glen Boss) by the Sport Australia Hall of Fame for her
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three successive Melbourne Cups. Spirit of Sport Award site
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On 4 July 2006, Makybe Diva was inducted into the Australian Racing Hall of Fame.
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As announced on 5 August 2006, Makybe Diva has been honoured at Flemington Racecourse with a
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life-sized bronze statue, in recognition of her historic three Melbourne Cup wins. A life-sized
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bronze statue was also erected on the foreshore in Šantić's home town of Port Lincoln, South
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Australia.
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Makybe Diva headed the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities ratings for the 2005-06
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official end-of-season assessment. She was given a rating of 124, ahead of Electrocutionist, David
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Junior. and Heart's Cry on 123. At a ceremony in Melbourne on 5 September 2010, held in conjunction
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with the Australian Horse of the Year awards, Makybe Diva was officially inducted into the
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Australian Racing Hall of Fame.
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Race Record Pedigree
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Makybe Diva is inbred 4 × 4 x 4 to the stallion Northern Dancer, meaning that Northern Dancer
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appears three times in the fourth generation of her pedigree. In turn, this means she has six
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great-great-grandsires instead of eight.
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See also List of leading Thoroughbred racehorses List of millionaire racehorses in Australia
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Repeat winners of horse races
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References Further reading External links
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1999 racehorse births Racehorses bred in the United Kingdom Racehorses trained in Australia
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Melbourne Cup winners Sydney Cup winners Cox Plate winners
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Australian Champion Racehorse of the Year Australian Racing Hall of Fame horses Horse monuments
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Thoroughbred family 9-f Individual mares
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Montgomery is a city in Le Sueur County, Minnesota, United States, 45 miles south of Minneapolis. It
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was named after Richard Montgomery, an Irish-American soldier who served as a major general in the
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Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. The population was 2,956 at the 2010 census.
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History Montgomery as platted in 1877 when the railroad was extended to that point. Education
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Montgomery is a part of the Tri-City United School District, ISD #2905. The district includes a
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grades 9-12 high school in Montgomery; K-8 campuses in Montgomery and Le Center; and a K-4
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elementary school in Lonsdale. The district's sports teams, the Titans, are members of the
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Minnesota River Conference, and participate in baseball, softball, basketball, cross-country,
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hockey, tennis, track, football, cheerleading, wrestling, golf and volleyball.
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The academic performance of students exiting Tri-City United High School has been subject to
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concern from the community. With a slim majority of students (58%) graduating without achieving
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proficiency in Mathematics, and a substantial number of students graduating without achieving
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proficiency in Reading (53%). Graduates from the Tri-City United School District rarely go on to
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attend elite higher education institutions. The Tri-City United School District hosts a significant
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number of minority students (17%), and spends a significant amount of funding on ESL (English as a
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Second Language) programs.
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The Most Holy Redeemer Catholic School is a parochial pre-K-8 school. Its sports teams, the
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Raiders, compete in the Tri-County Private School Conference in sports including volleyball,
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basketball, baseball and softball.
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Arts and culture
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Montgomery celebrates its Czechoslovakian heritage annually at the end of July with one of
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Minnesota's oldest festivals, Kolacky Days. The festival dates back to 1929, when an estimated
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6,000 people visited Montgomery for the first Kolacky Day celebration, held on October 1.
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"The Kolacky Day spirit reigned supreme from early Tuesday morning until a comparatively late hour
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Wednesday morning. More than 1,600 of the celebrated delicacies were devoured," according to a
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Montgomery Messenger account from the following week.