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The 2021 Makybe Diva Stakes is the second Group 1 race of the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival. Run at Flemington Racecourse in early – mid September, the 1600m weight-for-age event attracts a star-studded line-up of milers and staying types. Offering $1,000,000 in prize money as of 2021, the event is definitely one of the more exciting early spring features having been upgraded from Group 2 to elite level in 2013.

The Makybe Diva Stakes, named after the legendary three-time Melbourne Cup winner Makybe Diva, is the perfect lead-up race to the Group 1 Underwood Stakes (1800m) held at Caulfield two weeks later and the Group 1 Turnbull Stakes (2000m) held at Flemington a month later.

Formerly known as the Craiglee Stakes the current name was installed in 2007 and it is considered a major early feature on the spring line-up.

The 2021 Makybe Diva Stakes ran on Saturday September 11, 2021 as the second Group 1 race of the new season in Melbourne following the Memsie Stakes earlier in the month and was won first-up by the Peter Moody-trained Spring Cups’ favourite Incentivise.

2021 Makybe Diva Stakes
Date:	Saturday September 11, 2021
Track:	Flemington Racecourse
Distance:	1600m
Race Type:	Weight-For-Age
Status:	Group 1
Prize Money:	$1,000,000

2021 Makybe Diva Stakes Results

• 1st: #6 Incentivise
• 2nd: #10 Mo’unga
• 3rd: #1 Sir Dragonet

Peter Moody’s Spring Cups’ favourite earned a penalty for the Melbourne Cup with an outstanding first-up win in the Makybe Diva Stakes 2021 results thanks to a gun ride by jockey Brett Prebble. Incentivise narrowly denied last start Winx Stakes winner Mo’unga (2nd), while former Cox Plate champion Sir Dragonet (3rd) looked back to his best in a close third at 30/1.

Click here to read more on the first-up win by star in the making Incentivise in the Makybe Diva Stakes 2021.

	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	6	INCENTIVISE	Peter G Moody	Brett Prebble		3	59kg		$3.90
	2	10	MO’UNGA (NZ)	Annabel Neasham	Jye McNeil	0.3L	10	58.5kg		$4.40
	3	1	SIR DRAGONET (IRE)	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Ben Allen	0.4L	7	59kg		$31
	4	12	TOFANE (NZ)	Michael Moroney	Craig Williams	1.15L	6	57kg		$3.80F
	5	11	COLETTE	James Cummings	Damien Oliver	3.15L	11	57kg		$21
	6	4	IMAGING (GB)	Chris Waller	Damien Thornton	3.35L	8	59kg		$18
	7	3	KEIAI NAUTIQUE (JPN)	Matthew Smith	Craig Newitt	4.1L	9	59kg		$12
	8	5	MOUNT POPA (IRE)	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Fred Kersley	4.3L	5	59kg		$41
	9	7	EXPLOSIVE JACK (NZ)	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Harry Coffey	5.05L	1	58.5kg		$51
	10	8	JOHNNY GET ANGRY (NZ)	Denis Pagan	Lachlan King (a)	6.3L	2	58.5kg		$101
	11	9	AEGON (NZ)	Murray Baker & Andrew Forsman	Luke Currie	7.3L	4	58.5kg		$9
	12	2	FIFTY STARS (IRE)	Tom Dabernig	John Allen	8.8L	12	59kg		$21
		13	INSPIRATIONAL GIRL (NZ)	Danny O’Brien	Damian Lane		0

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2021 Makybe Diva Stakes Odds

The season’s best spring racing odds on the Makybe Diva Stakes 2021 along with links to the markets at Ladbrokes.com.au will be provided for punters below as soon as released.

Fierce Impact ($4 in 2020) was the last favourite in Makybe Diva Stakes betting to win.

2021 Makybe Diva Stakes Form Guide

A complete Makybe Diva Stakes Form Guide for 2021 will be available post-final acceptances online through leading bookmaker Ladbrokes.com.au.

2021 Makybe Diva Stakes Field

The Makybe Diva Stakes field attracts a host of early spring stars chasing an early Group 1 season win. Many gallopers come into the Makybe Diva Stakes field via a lead-up run over 1400m at Caulfield a fortnight earlier in the Memsie Stakes and the double was most recently completed by Dissident (2014).

A star-studded field of 13 potential Cox Plate horses make-up the 2021 Makybe Diva Stakes acceptances this season including the now Peter Moody-trained Incentivise racing first-up and Annabel Neasham’s Winx Stakes winner Mo’unga.

Click here to read more on the key runners in the Makybe Diva Stakes 2021 field and betting markets.

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	16x794159x	SIR DRAGONET (IRE)	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Ben Allen	8	59kg		116
2	2x720872x0	FIFTY STARS (IRE)	Tom Dabernig	John Allen	13	59kg		110
3	4654x300x4	KEIAI NAUTIQUE (JPN)	Matthew Smith	Craig Newitt	10	59kg		106
4	303x2007x7	IMAGING (GB)	Chris Waller	Damien Thornton	9	59kg		107
5	3x41x211x0	MOUNT POPA (IRE)	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Fred Kersley	6	59kg		103
6	x68111111x	INCENTIVISE	Peter G Moody	Brett Prebble	3	59kg		104
7	151132113x	EXPLOSIVE JACK (NZ)	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Harry Coffey	1	58.5kg		108
8	0329431×0	JOHNNY GET ANGRY (NZ)	Denis Pagan	Lachlan King (a)	2	58.5kg		104
9	111x1160x4	AEGON (NZ)	Murray Baker & Andrew Forsman	Luke Currie	4	58.5kg		105
10	17x32107x1	MO’UNGA (NZ)	Annabel Neasham	Jye McNeil	11	58.5kg		110
11	61x12454x6	COLETTE	James Cummings	Damien Oliver	12	57kg		112
12	597x7211x3	TOFANE (NZ)	Michael Moroney	Craig Williams	7	57kg		115
13	x1131112x5	INSPIRATIONAL GIRL (NZ)	Danny O’Brien	Damian Lane	5	57kg		110

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2021 Makybe Diva Stakes Nominations

The 2021 Makybe Diva nominations close on the Monday of race week and will be available here once the early entries are taken.

The Makybe Diva Stakes 2021 nominations feature 19 hopefuls led in pre-field betting by the Winx Stakes winner Mo’unga and the Danny O’Brien-trained Railway Stakes winning mare over the distance in Perth Inspirational Girl.

	Last 10	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Hcp Rating
1	111x1160x4	AEGON (NZ)	G	4	Murray Baker & Andrew Forsman	105
2	61x12454x6	COLETTE	M	5	James Cummings	112
3	151132113x	EXPLOSIVE JACK (NZ)	H	4	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	108
4	2x720872x0	FIFTY STARS (IRE)	H	7	Tom Dabernig	110
5	27x78111x8	HUNGRY HEART	M	4	Chris Waller	106
6	303x2007x7	IMAGING (GB)	G	7	Chris Waller	107
7	x68111111x	INCENTIVISE	G	5	Peter G Moody	104
8	x1131112x5	INSPIRATIONAL GIRL (NZ)	M	6	Danny O’Brien	110
9	0329431×0	JOHNNY GET ANGRY (NZ)	G	4	Denis Pagan	104
10	4654x300x4	KEIAI NAUTIQUE (JPN)	H	7	Matthew Smith	106
11	7x878333x0	MIAMI BOUND (NZ)	M	5	Danny O’Brien	105
12	17x32107x1	MO’UNGA (NZ)	H	4	Annabel Neasham	110
13	3x41x211x0	MOUNT POPA (IRE)	G	7	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	103
14	97×0604117	SIERRA SUE (NZ)	M	5	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	106
15	16x794159x	SIR DRAGONET (IRE)	H	6	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	116
16	597x7211x3	TOFANE (NZ)	M	6	Michael Moroney	115
17	5x9000x8x0	VOW AND DECLARE	G	6	Danny O’Brien	107
18	7600x0516x	WARNING	G	5	Anthony & Sam Freedman	104
19	123x75232x	YOUNG WERTHER (NZ)	G	4	Danny O’Brien	100

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

Makybe Diva Stakes History

First run in 1948 and won by Lungi, the Makybe Diva Stakes was originally titled the Craiglee Stakes until 2007. Raced over a 10 Furlong (2000m) track until 1964, the new distance ensures that all horses get a good run on the straight of Flemington. Double winners of the event include Chicquita in 1950-51 and Sailor’s Guide in 1956-57.

After his win in 2002, Northerly also went on to win the WS Cox Plate and Sky Heights managed to win the Caulfield Cup and Craiglee Stakes double in 1999. The fastest winning time was recorded by Jeune in 1995 with 1 minute 35 seconds. The slowest time was recorded by Fine Offer in 1985 with 1 minute 44.3 seconds.

The Makybe Diva Stakes was upgraded from Group 2 to Group 1 status in 2013. In 2015 Fawkner won the Makybe Diva Stakes and backed-up to finish second in the Underwood Stakes next start.

In 2019 the Makybe Diva Stakes was won in a historical blowout with Gatting scoring an upset at 100/1. Sadly the following year Gatting broke down during his title defense and was subsequently euthanised.

Recent Makybe Diva Stakes Winners

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2021 Makybe Diva Stakes	1st	Incentivise	1 minute 36.63 seconds
	2nd	Mo’unga
	3rd	Sir Dragonet
2020 Makybe Diva Stakes	1st	Fierce Impact	1 minute 36.33 seconds
	2nd	Russian Camelot
	3rd	So Si Bon
2019 Makybe Diva Stakes	1st	Gatting	1 minute 33.97 seconds
	2nd	Mystic Journey
	3rd	Mr Quickie
2018 Makybe Diva Stakes	1st	Grunt	1 minute 34.91 seconds
	2nd	Kings Will Dream
	3rd	Jon Snow
2017 Makybe Diva Stakes	1st	Humidor	1 minute 35.35 seconds
	2nd	Hartnell
	3rd	Black Heart Bart
2016 Makybe Diva Stakes	1st	Palentino	1 minute 36.2 seconds
	2nd	Black Heart Bart
	3rd	He Or She
2015 Makybe Diva Stakes	1st	Fawkner	1 minute 37.96 seconds
	2nd	Rising Romance
	3rd	Entirely Platinum
2014 Makybe Diva Stakes	1st	Dissident	1 minute 36.29 seconds
	2nd	Fawkner
	3rd	Puissance De Lune
2013 Makybe Diva Stakes	1st	Foreteller	1 minute 37.0 seconds
	2nd	Puissance De Lune
	3rd	Moudre
2012 Makybe Diva Stakes	1st	Southern Speed	1 minute 37.8 seconds
	2nd	Manighar
	3rd	Moudre
2011 Makybe Diva Stakes	1st	Littorio	1 minute 37.8 seconds
	2nd	Glass Harmonium
	3rd	Midas Touch
2010 Makybe Diva Stakes	1st	Shocking	1 minute 41.7 seconds
	2nd	Heart Of Dreams
	3rd	Vigor
2009 Makybe Diva Stakes	1st	Vigor	1 minute 35.8 seconds
	2nd	Typhoon Tracy
	3rd	Master O’Reilly
2008 Makybe Diva Stakes	1st	Weekend Hussler	1 minute 38.6 seconds
	2nd	Zarita
	3rd	Littorio
2007 Makybe Diva Stakes	1st	Marasco	1 minute 36.7 seconds
	2nd	Apache Cat
	3rd	Zipping
2006 Makybe Diva Stakes	1st	Pompeii Ruler	1 minute 38.5 seconds
	2nd	Sphenophyta
	3rd	Zipping
2005 Makybe Diva Stakes	1st	Confectioner	1 minute 35.8 seconds
	2nd	Free At Last
	3rd	Our Smoking Joe
2004 Makybe Diva Stakes	1st	Hugs Dancer	1 minute 38.2 seconds
	2nd	Elvstroem
	3rd	Zagalia
2003 Makybe Diva Stakes	1st	Pentastic	1 minute 37.2 seconds
	2nd	Walk On Air
	3rd	Mummify
2002 Makybe Diva Stakes	1st	Northerly	1 minute 37.9 seconds
	2nd	Le Zagaletta
	3rd	Silver Baron
2001 Makybe Diva Stakes	1st	Native Jazz	1 minute 37.4 seconds
	2nd	Aka Bilk
	3rd	Universal Prince
2000 Makybe Diva Stakes	1st	Go Flash Go	1 minute 42.1 seconds
	2nd	Oliver Twist
	3rd	Showella