# 2005 Melbourne Cup

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

## Prize money

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

## Field

| Placing | 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

As they left the straight, round the turn and along the back straight it was:
* 17 Umbula
* 23 Mr Celebrity
* 18 Bazelle
* 14 Portland Singa
Changed to:
* 23 Mr Celebrity
* 18 Bazelle
* 17 Umbula
* 14 Portland Singa
Then:
* 23 Mr Celebrity
* 14 Portland Singa
* 18 Bazelle
* 17 Umbula
With about 1100m left to go it was:
* 23 Mr Celebrity
* 14 Portland Singa
* 17 Umbula
* 18 Bazelle
As they came to the turn:
* 23 Mr Celebrity
* 14 Portland Singa
* 17 Umbula
* 6 Eye Popper
Then:
* 23 Mr Celebrity
* 14 Portland Singa
* 6 Eye Popper
* 17 Umbula
With 500m left to go:
* 14 Portland Singa
* 23 Mr Celebrity
* 6 Eye Popper
* 13 Lachlan River
Final:
* 1 Makybe Diva
* 16 On a Jeune
* 8 Xcellent
* 22 Leica Falcon