Craiglee Stakes
Encyclopedia
The Craiglee Stakes, renamed the Makybe Diva Stakes, is a 1600 metre Group 2
Thoroughbred
horse race at Set Weights with Penalties conditions. The race is held at Flemington Racecourse
in Melbourne
, Australia
in September. Total prize money is A$405,000.
Group races
Group races are the highest standard of Thoroughbred horseraces in Australia. The Australian Pattern Committee recommends to the Australian Racing Board which races shall be designated as Group races...
Thoroughbred
Thoroughbred
The Thoroughbred is a horse breed best known for its use in horse racing. Although the word thoroughbred is sometimes used to refer to any breed of purebred horse, it technically refers only to the Thoroughbred breed...
horse race at Set Weights with Penalties conditions. The race is held at Flemington Racecourse
Flemington Racecourse
Flemington Racecourse is a major horse racing venue located in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is most notable for hosting the Melbourne Cup, which is Australia's richest horse race. The racecourse is situated on low alluvial flats, next to the Maribyrnong River...
in Melbourne
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
in September. Total prize money is A$405,000.
Race history
- From 1948 to 1964 this race was run over 10 furlongs (2000 m).
- In 2007 this race was renamed to the Makybe Diva Stakes after the triple Melbourne Cup-wining mare, Makybe DivaMakybe DivaMakybe Diva is a British-bred, Australian-trained Thoroughbred who became the first racehorse to win the famed Melbourne Cup on three occasions: 2003, 2004, and 2005. In 2005, she also won the Cox Plate. Makybe Diva is the highest stakes-earner in Australasian horse racing history, with winnings...
.
The winners
- 2011 - Littorio
- 2010 - ShockingShockingShocking is an Australian bred Thoroughbred racehorse, trained by Mark Kavanagh, who won the 149th Melbourne Cup on 3 November 2009 by three-quarters of a length.-Pedigree:...
- 2009 - Vigor
- 2008 - Weekend HusslerWeekend HusslerWeekend Hussler is a retired Australian Thoroughbred racehorse. He is a bay gelding by Hussonet out of Weekend Beauty . He is currently a six-year-old. Hussonet had been a very successful sire in Chile for Haras de Pirque where he stood for the largest fee of any stallion in the history of...
- 2007 - Marasco
- 2006 - Pompeii Ruler
- 2005 - Confectioner
- 2004 - Hug's Dancer
- 2003 - Pentastic
- 2002 - NortherlyNortherlyNortherly, foaled in 1996, was arguably Australia's best middle distance Thoroughbred horse of the early 2000s. Northerly, trained by Western Australian harness racing legend Fred Kersley, won nine Group One races, including the Australian Cup twice, and the Cox Plate, regarded as the Weight for...
- 2001 - Native Jazz
- 2000 - Go Flash Go
- 1999 - Sky Heights
- 1998 - Umrum
- 1997 - Marble Halls
- 1996 - Saleous
- 1995 - JeuneJeuneJeune was a British Thoroughbred racehorse who raced in England and Australia and is best known for winning the prestigious Melbourne Cup in 1994. He was an attractive, muscular, chestnut stallion, who sometimes raced in pacifiers...
- 1994 - MahoganyMahogany (horse)Mahogany was an Australian thoroughbred who raced in the mid-1990s. He was aimed at the three-year-old staying events, where he won the Victoria Derby and the Australian Derby. But as an older horse he usually was restricted to sprint races.The notable exception was the 1995 W.S. Cox Plate where...
- 1993 - Mannerism
- 1992 - Star Of The Realm
- 1991 - Durbridge
- 1990 - ZabeelZabeelZabeel was a New Zealand-bred Australian racehorse who has retired to stud and become a champion sire. He is a bay son of Sir Tristram from the Nureyev mare Lady Giselle...
- 1989 - Apollo Run
- 1988 - High Regard
- 1987 - Military Plume
- 1986 - King Phoenix
- 1985 - Fine Offer
- 1984 - Prolific
- 1983 - Pleach
- 1982 - Rose Of KingstonRose Of KingstonRose of Kingston was a Thoroughbred mare who raced with a great deal of success in Australia, particularly as a three-year-old. She was the Australian Horse of the Year and Australasian Champion Three-Year-Old Filly and Australasian Champion Older Mare in 1982, and after retiring from racing...
- 1981 - Sovereign Red
- 1980 - Big Print
- 1979 - DulcifyDulcifyDulcify was an New Zealand-bred Thoroughbred racehorse. His British-bred sire was the 1970 Irish 2,000 Guineas winner, Decies, a grandson of Pharis, the very important French sire whom Thoroughbred Heritage says is considered one of the greatest French-bred runners of the century...
- 1978 - Family Of Man
- 1977 - Ming Dynasty
- 1976 - How Now
- 1975 - Tontonan
- 1974 - All Shot
- 1973 - Gay Icarus
- 1972 - Gossiper
- 1971 - Dual Choice
- 1970 - Gay Poss
- 1969 - Rain LoverRain LoverRain Lover was a champion Australian Thoroughbred racehorse. He was one of the very few horses to win the Melbourne Cup more than once. Rain Lover was sired by the good racehorse, Latin Lover his dam Rain Spot was by Valognes .He was owned and bred by Clifford A. Reid, who won the 1945 Melbourne...
- 1968 - Lowland
- 1967 - Star Belle
- 1966 - Tobin BronzeTobin BronzeTobin Bronze was an Australian Thoroughbred Hall of Fame racehorse who competed with great success during the 1960's.A chestnut son of Arctic Explorer from the Masthead mare Amarco he proved to be a crowd favourite due to his stunning good looks and winning 24 of his 44 Australian race starts.His...
- 1965 - Light Fingers
- 1964 - Sir Dane
- 1963 - Havelock
- 1962 - Aquanita
- 1961 - LordLord (horse)Lord was a New Zealand-born Thoroughbred racehorse who raced successfully in Australia. He was a bay gelding by Targui out of Broadway , by Actor . Lord is remembered for his 1960 Victoria Racing Club Queen's Plate effort in which he nearly defeated the champion Tulloch, who was returning after...
- 1960 - Nilarco
- 1959 - Vogel
- 1958 - White Hills
- 1957 - Sailor's GuideSailor's GuideSailor's Guide was an outstanding Thoroughbred racehorse that was conceived in England and foaled in Australia. He is notable in that he won races in the United States, Canada, and a number of principal Australian races, and was a high stakes earner....
- 1956 - Sailor's GuideSailor's GuideSailor's Guide was an outstanding Thoroughbred racehorse that was conceived in England and foaled in Australia. He is notable in that he won races in the United States, Canada, and a number of principal Australian races, and was a high stakes earner....
- 1955 - Cromis
- 1954 - Acramitis
- 1953 - Aldershot
- 1952 - Great Western
- 1951 - Chicquita
- 1950 - Chicquita
- 1949 - Comic CourtComic CourtComic Court was a most versatile post-war Australian bred Thoroughbred racehorse who set race records at distances of 6 furlongs and 2 miles...
- 1948 - Lungi