It's always nice to hypothesise about who would have won had there been a different scenario. Delzao would have won the race if every other horse had to give it 1000 meters head start.

At the end of the day, I think Makybe Diva was the best horse in the race (and yes I had money on Vinnie Roe as well). If you see the way Makybe Diva quickened with about 100 - 200 meters to go and put 2 lengths on Vinnie, only great horses can do that over a 3200m distance. At the finish she was also eased down on the line.

Congrats to her for creating history, after all, it's performances like her's that have made this race so great for so many years.