| 2005 Melbourne Cup | |
| Horse Race: | Melbourne Cup |
| Location: | Flemington Racecourse Melbourne, Australia |
| Date: | 1 November 2005 |
| Winning Horse: | Makybe Diva |
| Winning Jockey: | Glen Boss |
| Winning Trainer: | Lee Freedman |
| Surface: | Grass |
| Attendance: | 106,479[1] |
| Previous: | 2004 |
The 2005 Melbourne Cup was the 145th running of the Melbourne Cup, a prestigious Australian Thoroughbred horse race. The race, run over 3200m (10,500feet), was held on 1 November 2005 at Melbourne's Flemington Racecourse.
It was won by Makybe Diva[2] at the age of seven, trained by Lee Freedman and ridden by Glen Boss.[3] Makybe Diva broke her own weight carrying record by winning with 58 kg.[4] Makybe Diva is the only horse to win three successive Melbourne Cups.[5] Her retirement was announced with the third and final victory.
1st: $A3,700,0002nd: $A750,000 3rd: $A375,000[6]
| Placing[7] | Horse | Country | Trainer | Jockey | Barrier | Time/margin | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Makybe Diva | GB | Lee Freedman | Glen Boss | 1 | 14 | 3:19.17 | |
| 8th | Vinnie Roe | IRE | Dermot Weld (IRE) | Pat Smullen | 2 | 24 | 5.5L | |
| 19th | Distinction | IRE | Michael Stoute (GB) | Michael Kinane | 3 | 21 | 20.6L | |
| 17th | Greys Inn | USA | Mike De Kock (SAF) | Weichong Marwing | 4 | 13 | 17.3L | |
| Last | Franklins Gardens | GB | Mark Tompkins (GB) | Darryll Holland | 5 | 10 | 99.9L | |
| 12th | Eye Popper | JPN | Izumi Shimizu (JPN) | Shinji Fujita | 6 | 9 | 6.8L | |
| 14th | Railings | AUS | John Hawkes | Greg Childs | 7 | 5 | 9.1L | |
| 3rd | Xcellent | NZ | Michael Moroney (NZ) | Michael Coleman | 8 | 17 | 1.8L | |
| 9th | Kindjhal | FR | David Hayes | Dwayne Dunn | 9 | 12 | 5.6L | |
| 21st | Hugs Dancer | FR | David Hayes | Nicholas Ryan | 10 | 7 | 29.6L | |
| 13th | Demerger | AUS | Danny O'Brien | Blake Shinn | 11 | 4 | 7.8L | |
| 11th | Dizelle | AUS | John Hawkes | Darren Beadman | 12 | 18 | 6.7L | |
| 5th | Lachlan River | NZ | John Morrisey | Glen Colless | 13 | 3 | 2.3L | |
| 6th | Portland Singa | NZ | Neville McBurney | Larry Cassidy | 14 | 1 | 4.1L | |
| 15th | Vouvray | NZ | Peter Moody | Scott Seamer | 15 | 15 | 9.3L | |
| 2nd | On a Jeune | AUS | Peter Montgomerie | Darren Gauci | 16 | 11 | 1.3L | |
| 20th | Umbula | AUS | Mick Price | Stephen Baster | 17 | 8 | 23.6L | |
| 22nd | Bazelle | NZ | Paul Jenkins (NZ) | Rhys McLeod | 18 | 22 | 29.8L | |
| 7th | Envoy | NZ | Ken Kelso (NZ) | Peter Mertens | 19 | 2 | 4.5L | |
| 10th | Rizon | AUS | Cliff Brown | Jay Ford | 20 | 16 | 6.6L | |
| 18th | Strasbourg | AUS | Bart Cummings | Luke Nolen | 21 | 6 | 17.8L | |
| 4th | Leica Falcon | AUS | Richard Freyer | Kerrin McEvoy | 22 | 20 | 2.1L | |
| 23rd | Mr Celebrity | NZ | Gai Waterhouse | Danny Beasley | 23 | 19 | 29.9L | |
| 16th | Kamsky | AUS | Bart Cummings | Craig Williams | 24 | 23 | 14.3L |
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With about 1100m left to go it was:
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With 500m left to go:
Final: