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Article: Melbourne Cup: Makybe executes 12-month plan in great style.(Sports)

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The Racing Post (London, England)
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November 5, 2003
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Byline: Syd Brennan

MAKYBE DIVA, watched by a record crowd of 122,736, fulfilled a 12-month plan by her owner and trainer when winning yesterday's Melbourne Cup at Flemington, writes Syd Brennan.

Sent off the 7-1 second favourite, Makybe Diva beat 40-1 outsider She's Archie by a length and a quarter, with Jardines Lookout doing best of the Northern Hemisphere raiders in finishing a further three lengths away third.

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