After Racing
In 2006 the inaugural Spirit of Sport Award (for 2005) was given to Makybe Diva and her connections (Lee Freedman, Tony Šantić and Glen Boss) by the Sport Australia Hall of Fame for her three successive Melbourne Cups. Spirit of Sport Award site
On 4 July 2006, Makybe Diva was inducted into the Australian Racing Hall of Fame.
It was announced on 5 August 2006, that Makybe Diva would be honoured at Flemington Racecourse with a bronze statue, in recognition of her historic 3 Melbourne Cup wins. A life-sized bronze statue was also erected on the foreshore in Šantić's home town of Port Lincoln, South Australia.
Makybe Diva headed the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities ratings for the 2005 - 2006 official end of season assessment. She was given a rating of 124, ahead of Electrocutionist, David Junior and Heart's Cry on 123. On 10 August 2006, it was announced that Makybe Diva would be served by Epsom Derby winner Galileo at Coolmore Stud.
At 3.16am on the morning of 17 August 2007, AEST time, Makybe Diva gave birth to her first foal, now named Rockstardom, at Coolmore Stud in the Hunter Valley of NSW. Coolmore's Peter O'Brien, said the bay colt "...is a lovely colt with a white face and two white feet", and that "both mother and son were doing very well".
Makybe Diva was due to be served by Encosta De Lago in the spring of 2007 until the outbreak of equine influenza forced the stud to be quarantined. Owner Tony Šantić sent the Diva to American champion Fusaichi Pegasus instead. On 20 August 2008, Makybe gave birth to her second foal, a filly by the aforementioned Fusaichi Pegasus. This filly, later named La Dolce Diva, sold at auction for $1.2 million to trainer Mark Kavanagh of Melbourne. Makybe Diva had a colt on 28 August 2009 by Encosta De Lago and was covered by More Than Ready for the 2010 season, but she did not produce a foal in 2010.
At a ceremony in Melbourne on 5 September 2010, held in conjunction with the Australian Horse of the Year awards, Makybe Diva was officially recognised as a legend by the Australian Racing Hall of Fame. The champion mare joins an elite group consisting of Phar Lap, Bart Cummings and Scobie Breasley.
Makybe Diva gave birth to her fourth foal, a bay colt by Lonhro, on 16 August 2011 in Victoria. Her fifth foal was born in September 2012 and is a colt sired by High Chaparral.
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