Prior To Racing
The Makybe Diva story began in 1998 in England. Tony Šantić's bloodstock agent John Foote purchased Tugela in foal to Desert King for 60,000 guineas at the December 1998 Tattersall's Sale. As normally happens with Santic's British-purchased horses, she was taken to Dick Fowlston's Britton House Stud in Somerset to board before being sent on to Australia. Tugela gave birth to a filly at five minutes past midnight on 21 March 1999. The filly was offered for sale at the 1999 Tatts Newmarket foal sale but did not make the reserve. Named Makybe Diva, the filly remained at Britton House Stud until August 2000 when she and Tugela were shipped to Australia.
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