Ken Martin's on track for this year's Melbourne Cup even though he isn't a trainer or indeed an owner. Rather Martin is the local sculptor who has won the coveted commission for the bronze of Makybe Diva. Typically it is not a project without its issues (funding and location apparently being numbers 1 & 2 on the list) but nevertheless, come the 2nd November, the mighty mare is expected to be revealed in all her glory in Port Lincoln, the town of her owner Tony Santic.

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