The amazing Makybe Diva

November 2, 2006

A bit off-topic here, but allow me to wipe a tear from my eye. Yesterday I witnessed one of the most memorable sporting achievements of my life. The amazing mare Makybe Diva won her third consecutive Melbourne Cup, the greatest horse race in the world.

The Age (Australia) has some great features:

"GLEN BOSS was in tears. Tony Santic was high-fiving anyone in sight. Lee Freedman was trying to comprehend what he’d just witnessed.

"The one that seemed least excited by all this fuss was the horse that had just galloped into history. The magnificent Makybe Diva.

"We will never see her like again. We will never see her on a racetrack again, unless it’s a parade of past champions. For immediately after she became the first three-time winner of the Melbourne Cup yesterday, she was retired.

"She has achieved more than anyone thought possible, and now no more will be asked of her. This was her day. This was her destiny."

More on owner Tony Santic's decision to retire the peoples champion.