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[[Image:The Diva.jpg|thumb|[[Melbourne Cup]] 2003 with jockey [[Glen Boss]]]]
'''Makybe Diva''' is a British-bred [[Australian]] [[thoroughbred]] racehorse, and the first horse to win the [[Melbourne Cup]] three times. She won the Cup in [[2003]], [[2004]], and won both the Cup and the [[Cox Plate]] in [[2005]]. [[Sire]]d by Desert King to dam Tugela, Makybe Diva is the highest stakes-earner in Australasian horse-racing history, with winnings of [[Australian dollar|AU$]]14,526,685 as of [[1 November]] [[2005]]. She was retired after winning the 2005 Melbourne Cup, having won three times a race which few horses have ever won twice in the century and half history of the race.
Makybe Diva is owned by [[South Australian]] tuna fisherman [[Tony Santic]], who named her after the first two letters in five of his employees' names (Maureen, Kylie, Belinda, Diana and Vanessa). She was conceived in [[Ireland]] and born in [[Britain]] on [[21 March]] [[1999]]. Unable to find a buyer at a British yearling sale, she was brought to Australia along with her dam.
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