Diva odds cut for back-to-back victories

Makybe Diva is as low as 3-1 favourite to repeat her success of last year in the Emirates Melbourne Cup two weeks today following reports of a setback for key rival She’s Archie.

The seven-year-old beat She’s Archie by a length and a quarter in the 2003 renewal of the Flemington race, but the Darren Weir-trained mare had been fancied to reverse the form.