From the race’s inauguration back in 1948 right through until 2026 we have a complete list of past Makybe Diva Stakes winners. View every previous Makybe Diva Stakes champion throughout history, plus extra details including the age, gender and weight carried to victory of the Makybe Diva Stakes winners going back to the year 2000.
The event was previously known as the Craiglee Stakes up until 2006.
The inaugural Makybe Diva Stakes winner from 1948 was Lungi.
Sheza Alibi (2026) was the last Makybe Diva Stakes winning mare, with Southern Speed (2012) and Saleous (1996) the other most recent mares to win the event.
The only three-year-old Makybe Diva Stakes winner in history was Acramitis (1954).
Gatting ($101 in 2019) is the longest priced Makybe Diva Stakes winner in recent history.
Dual Choice holds the current 1600m Makybe Diva Stakes race record winning in 1971 in 1 minute 31:9 seconds.
Multiple Makybe Diva Stakes winners: Mr Brightside (2023 & 2024 & 2025); Sailor’s Guide (1956 & 1957); Chicquita (1950 & 1951).
Three-time Makybe Diva Stakes winners: Mr Brightside (2023-25).
Other notable Makybe Diva Stakes winners: Comic Court (1949); Light Fingers (1965); Tobin Bronze (1966); dual Caulfield Cup champ Ming Dynasty (1977); Rose Of Kingston (1982); Zabeel (1990); Mahogany (1994); Northerly (2002); and Shocking (2010); and class young mare Sheza Alibi (2026).
The 2021 Makybe Diva Stakes winner Incentivise went on to complete the Turnbull Stakes – Caulfield Cup double before a second to Verry Elleegant in the world-famous Melbourne Cup race that spring.
The 2022 Makybe Diva Stakes winner I’m Thunderstruck went on to place in a host more Group 1 races including his Cox Plate second before sadly being euthanised in March of 2023 following arthroscopic fetlock surgery.
The 2023 Makybe Diva Stakes winner Mr Brightside completed the Memsie Stakes – Makybe Diva Stakes double for the first time since Dissident (2014) and saluted for the punters by 1.5 lengths with a big win as the $1.85 odds-on favourite on way to the spring majors.
The 2024 Makybe Diva Stakes winner was Mr Brightside ($3.50) who chased down the front running Pride Of Jenni to secure a narrow but impressive second-up win to become the first dual champion since Sailor’s Guide back in 1956-57.
The 2025 Makybe Diva Stakes winner was eight-year-old Bullbars gelding Mr Brightside ($5) who secured his historic third straight success at $5 for Ben, Will & JD Hayes with jockey Craig Williams aboard on 59kg from barrier 1 to win by 1.5 lengths on a Good (4) track in a time of 1:38.75.
The 2026 Makybe Diva Stakes winner was four-year-old Saxon Warrior mare Sheza Alibi second-up as the $1.60 odds-on favourite for trainers Peter Moody & Katherine Coleman with jockey Luke Nolen aboard on 56.5kg from barrier 5 to salute by 2.75 lengths in a time of 1:35.34 on a Good (3) track.
2026 Makybe Diva Stakes Race Replay
2026 Makybe Diva Stakes Results
Makybe Diva Stakes 2026 Results
| 12. Sheza Alibi (5) J: Luke Nolen 56.5kg 111×2 T: Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman | ||
| 8. Autumn Boy (3) J: Mark Zahra 58.5kg 212×8 T: Chris Waller | ||
| 7. Another Wil (9) J: John Allen 59kg 940×9 T: Ciaron Maher | ||
| 4. Sir Delius (7) J: Craig Williams 59kg x331x T: Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | ||
| 11. She’s A Hustler (4) J: Jordan Childs 57kg 4355x T: Grahame Begg | ||
| 2. Half Yours (10) J: Jamie Melham 59kg 9444x T: Tony & Calvin Mcevoy | ||
| 1. Mr Brightside (2) J: Blake Shinn 59kg 125×2 T: Ben, Will & Jd Hayes | ||
| 3. Light Infantry Man (1) J: Ethan Brown 59kg 415×4 T: Ciaron Maher | ||
| 13. Ohope Wins (6) J: Jason Collett 56.5kg 141×0 T: Chris Waller | ||
| 10. Treasurethe Moment (8) J: Damian Lane 57kg 313×4 T: Matt Laurie |
Makybe Diva Stakes Winners 2000 – the Present
Complete List of Past Makybe Diva Stakes Winners
| Year | Winner |
|---|---|
| 2026 | Sheza Alibi |
| 2025 | Mr Brightside |
| 2024 | Mr Brightside |
| 2023 | Mr Brightside |
| 2022 | I’m Thunderstruck |
| 2021 | Incentivise |
| 2020 | Fierce Impact |
| 2019 | Gatting |
| 2018 | Grunt |
| 2017 | Humidor |
| 2016 | Palentino |
| 2015 | Fawkner |
| 2014 | Dissident |
| 2013 | Foreteller |
| 2012 | Southern Speed |
| 2011 | Littorio |
| 2010 | Shocking |
| 2009 | Vigor |
| 2008 | Weekend Hussler |
| 2007 | Marasco |
| 2006 | Pompeii Ruler |
| 2005 | Confectioner |
| 2004 | Hug’s Dancer |
| 2003 | Pentastic |
| 2002 | Northerly |
| 2001 | Native Jazz |
| 2000 | Go Flash Go |
| 1999 | Sky Heights |
| 1998 | Umrum |
| 1997 | Marble Halls |
| 1996 | Saleous |
| 1995 | Jeune |
| 1994 | Mahogany |
| 1993 | Mannerism |
| 1992 | Star Of The Realm |
| 1991 | Durbridge |
| 1990 | Zabeel |
| 1989 | Apollo Run |
| 1988 | High Regard |
| 1987 | Military Plume |
| 1986 | King Phoenix |
| 1985 | Fine Offer |
| 1984 | Prolific |
| 1983 | Pleach |
| 1982 | Rose Of Kingston |
| 1981 | Sovereign Red |
| 1980 | Big Print |
| 1979 | Dulcify |
| 1978 | Family Of Man |
| 1977 | Ming Dynasty |
| 1976 | How Now |
| 1975 | Tontonan |
| 1974 | All Shot |
| 1973 | Gay Icarus |
| 1972 | Gossiper |
| 1971 | Dual Choice |
| 1970 | Gay Poss |
| 1969 | Rain Lover |
| 1968 | Lowland |
| 1967 | Star Belle |
| 1966 | Tobin Bronze |
| 1965 | Light Fingers |
| 1964 | Sir Dane |
| 1963 | Havelock |
| 1962 | Aquanita |
| 1961 | Lord |
| 1960 | Nilarco |
| 1959 | Vogel |
| 1958 | White Hills |
| 1957 | Sailor’s Guide |
| 1956 | Sailor’s Guide |
| 1955 | Cromis |
| 1954 | Acramitis |
| 1953 | Aldershot |
| 1952 | Great Western |
| 1951 | Chicquita |
| 1950 | Chicquita |
| 1949 | Comic Court |
| 1948 | Lungi |