Mr Brightside wins 11th Group 1 in third Makybe Diva Stakes

Mr Brightside wins 11th Group 1 in third Makybe Diva Stakes

Mr Brightside’s Group 1 Makybe Diva Stakes (1600m) success won’t rate as highly on the clock as his two previous triumphs in the event, but it further affirmed his status as a great of the modern era.

Mr Brightside wins 3rd Makybe Diva

The 20-time winner was not only taking his remarkable Group 1 win haul to 10, but he also became the first male horse to win three Group 1 races in succession at Flemington with his all-the-way victory.

Australia: Mr Brightside tops Via Sistina, 3-peats in Makybe Diva

Mr Brightside became the first male horse to win three successive Group 1 races at Flemington with his all-the-way victory Saturday to upset odds-on favorite Via Sistina in the US$498,000 Makybe Diva Stakes in Australia. The Lindsay Park-based gelding notched his third win in the one-mile, weight-for-age contest and in the process joined four mares who each won three consecutive Group 1 races. Makybe Diva won three Melbourne Cups between 2003 an…