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 Glen 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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PlacingHorseCountryTrainerJockeySaddle
cloth		BarrierRace 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 Blake 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 Larry Cassidy 14 1 3 mins 20 secs
15th Vouvray New Zealand Peter G Moody Scott 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 Craig Williams 24 23 3 mins 21 secs

Final moments

As they left the straight, round the turn and along the back straight it was:

  1. 17 Umbula
  2. 23 Mr Celebrity
  3. 18 Bazelle
  4. 14 Portland Singa

Changed to:

  1. 23 Mr Celebrity
  2. 18 Bazelle
  3. 17 Umbula
  4. 14 Portland Singa

Then:

  1. 23 Mr Celebrity
  2. 14 Portland Singa
  3. 18 Bazelle
  4. 17 Umbula

With about 1100m left to go it was:

  1. 23 Mr Celebrity
  2. 14 Portland Singa
  3. 17 Umbula
  4. 18 Bazelle

As they came to the turn:

  1. 23 Mr Celebrity
  2. 14 Portland Singa
  3. 17 Umbula
  4. 6 Eye Popper

Then:

  1. 23 Mr Celebrity
  2. 14 Portland Singa
  3. 6 Eye Popper
  4. 17 Umbula

With 500m left to go:

  1. 14 Portland Singa
  2. 23 Mr Celebrity
  3. 6 Eye Popper
  4. 13 Lachlan River

Final:

  1. 1 Makybe Diva
  2. 16 On a Jeune
  3. 8 Xcellent
  4. 22 Leica Falcon

Results
Place Barrier Horse Race time
1st14Makybe Diva3 mins 18secs
2nd11On a Jeune3 mins 19secs
3rd17Xcellent3 mins 19 secs
4th20Leica Falcon3 mins 19 secs
5th3Lachlan River3 mins 19 secs
6th1Portland Singa3 mins 20 secs
7th2Envoy3 mins 20 secs
8th24Vinnie Roe3 mins 20 secs
9th12Kindjhal3 mins 20 secs
10th16Rizon3 mins 20 secs
11th18Dizelle3 mins 20 secs
12th9Eye Popper3 mins 20 secs
13th4Demerger3 mins 20 secs
14th5Railings3 mins 20 secs
15th15Vouvray3 mins 20 secs
16th23Kamsky3 mins 21 secs
17th13Greys Inn3 mins 22 secs
18th6Strasbourg3 mins 22 secs
19th21Distinction3 mins 23 secs
20th8Umbula3 mins 23 secs
21st7Hugs Dancer3 mins 24 secs
22nd22Bazelle3 mins 24 secs
23rd19Mr Celebrity3 mins 24 secs
24th10Franklins Garden3 mins 41 secs

References
  1. 2005 Melbourne Cup result
  2. http://melbourne-cup.betting-directory.com/melbourne-cup-2005-result.php
  3. http://melbournecup.com/racing/race-results-statistics/
  4. /http://goaustralia.about.com/od/racing/f/makybediva.htm
  5. http://tvnz.co.nz/content/623439/411317/article.html
  6. http://www.smh.com.au/melbournecup/cupsweep.pdf

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