2005 Melbourne Cup

The 2005 Melbourne Cup was held on Tuesday, 1 November 2005. It was won by Makybe Diva^[1] at the age of seven, trained by Lee Freedman and ridden by Glenn Boss.^[2] Makybe Diva broke her own weight carrying record by winning with 58 kg.^[3] Makybe Diva is the only horse to win three successive Melbourne Cups.^[4] Her retirement was announced with the third and final victory.

Prize money

1st: $A3,700,000 2nd: $A750,000 3rd: $A375,000 ^[5]

Results

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Placing	Horse	Country	Trainer	Jockey	Saddle cloth	Barrier	Race Time
1st	Makybe Diva	Australia	Lee Freedman	Glen Boss	1	14	3 mins 18 secs
8th	Vinnie Roe	Ireland	Dermot Weld	Pat Smullen	2	24	3 mins 20 secs
19th	Distinction	Ireland	Michael Stoute	Michael Kinane	3	21	3 mins 23 secs
17th	Greys Inn	USA	Mike De Kock	Weichong Marwing	4	13	3 mins 22 secs
24th	Franklins Gardens	Great Britain	Mark Tompkins	Darryll Holland	5	10	3 mins 41 secs
12th	Eye Popper	Japan	Izumi Shimizu	S Fujita	6	9	3 mins 20 secs
14th	Railings	Australia	John Hawkes	G Childs	7	5	3 mins 20 secs
3rd	Xcellent	New Zealand	Michael Moroney	M T Coleman	8	17	3 mins 19 secs
9th	Kindjhal	France	David Hayes	D Dunn	9	12	3 mins 20 secs
21st	Hugs Dancer	France	David Hayes	D Dunn	10	7	3 mins 24 secs
13th	Demerger	Australia	Danny O'Brien	B Shinn	11	4	3 mins 20 secs
11th	Dizelle	Australia	John Hawkes	Darren Beadman	12	18	3 mins 20 secs
5th	Lachlan River	New Zealand	John Morrisey	G Colless	13	3	3 mins 19 secs
6th	Portland Singa	New Zealand	Neville McBurney	L Cassidy	14	1	3 mins 20 secs
15th	Vouvray	New Zealand	Peter G Moody	S Seamer	15	15	3 mins 20 secs
2nd	On a Jeune	Australia	Peter Montgomerie	Darren Gauci	16	11	3 mins 19 secs
20th	Umbula	Australia	Mick Price	S Baster	17	8	3 mins 23 secs
22nd	Bazelle	New Zealand	Paul Jenkins	R McLeod	18	22	3 mins 24 secs
7th	Envoy	New Zealand	Ken Kelso	P Mertens	19	2	3 mins 20 secs
10th	Rizon	Australia	Cliff Brown	J Ford	20	16	3 mins 20 secs
18th	Strasbourg	Australia	Bart Cummings	Luke Nolen	21	6	3 mins 22 secs
4th	Leica Falcon	Australia	Richard Freyer	Kerrin McEvoy	22	20	3 mins 19 secs
23rd	Mr Celebrity	New Zealand	Gai Waterhouse	D Beasley	23	19	3 mins 24 secs
16th	Kamsky	Australia	Bart Cummings	C Williams	24	23	3 mins 21 secs

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

Results

Place	Barrier	Horse	Race Time
1st	14	Makybe Diva	3 mins 18secs
2nd	11	On a Jeune	3 mins 19secs
3rd	17	Xcellent	3 mins 19 secs
4th	20	Leica Falcon	3 mins 19 secs
5th	3	Lachlan River	3 mins 19 secs
6th	1	Portland Singa	3 mins 20 secs
7th	2	Envoy	3 mins 20 secs
8th	24	Vinnie Roe	3 mins 20 secs
9th	12	Kindjhal	3 mins 20 secs
10th	16	Rizon	3 mins 20 secs
11th	18	Dizelle	3 mins 20 secs
12th	9	Eye Popper	3 mins 20 secs
13th	4	Demerger	3 mins 20 secs
14th	5	Railings	3 mins 20 secs
15th	15	Vouvray	3 mins 20 secs
16th	23	Kamsky	3 mins 21 secs
17th	13	Greys Inn	3 mins 22 secs
18th	6	Strasbourg	3 mins 22 secs
19th	21	Distinction	3 mins 23 secs
20th	8	Umbula	3 mins 23 secs
21st	7	Hugs Dancer	3 mins 24 secs
22nd	22	Bazelle	3 mins 24 secs
23rd	19	Mr Celebrity	3 mins 24 secs
24th	10	Franklins Garden	3 mins 41 secs

References

External links

Race video on YouTube

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