Makybe Diva would appear to have engraved her name on the Horse of the Year Title with a stunning win in today's BMW. The widely anticipated clash between the multiple G1 champions - Grand Armee and the 6 year old mare well and truly lived up to expectations; the win taking Makybe Diva's prize money past the $9 million mark.

Superlatives flew as the mare was led back to scale, an almost-giddy race commentator summing up the seemingly impossible 12 length gap that the mare closed on the front running Grand Armee from the 650 mark by stating: "she would have given Grand Armee a cold as she went past him!".

Makybe Diva made history by posting her second Melbourne Cup and an Australian Cup win this season and today's win (just seven days since her last) gave her a third major Group 1 race for the season.

Today's run may well have been the mare's last in Australia as trainer Lee Freedman sets her for the $3 million Tenno Sho (3200m) in Japan on May 1. One suspects owners and trainer alike will also have their sights set on Sunline's record of $11,690,679 in prize money; Australasia's best staying mare may just be the one to eclipse the crown.