Share in Future History sells for $205,000
A bid of $205,000 proved enough to secure a ten per cent share in Melbourne Cup (Gr 1, 3200m)-bound Future History (Showcasing) when the Inglis Digital October (Late) Online sale came to a close yesterday.
Winning bidder Adam Carney teamed up with Parsons Creek Farm principal Marc De Stoop to go halves in the share, as they saw off 14 other individual bidders to secure themselves as part-owners of the current $26 chance for the $8 million Flemington showpiece on November 7.
Carney, De Stoop and their families will now venture to Victoria – possibly as early as tomorrow night when Future History contests his final cup lead-up in the Moonee Valley Gold Cup (Gr 2, 2500m).
“This is a bucket list thing, to have a runner in the Melbourne Cup. I turn 45 during Cup Week so I guess you could say it’s a bit of an early birthday present to myself,’’ Carney said.
“My wife said she’s excited although I’m sure it will cost me a new dress!
“At the end of the day Future History is a progressive stayer, he’s only had 15 starts and he’s won six of them and I really liked the way he held off First Immortal in the Bart Cummings last start. He’s only got 50 kilograms on his back in the Cup, if he draws a good gate he’s as good a chance as anything.”
Carney, who has raced horses of the calibre of Pierata (Pierro) and Eleven Eleven (Fastnet Rock), discovered the 10 per cent share in Future History via an Inglis email last week.
“I just received the regular email online from Inglis when the Digital catalogue went live and saw this offering so I texted Marc and said ‘this might be an opportunity to have a Melbourne Cup runner’ and he agreed so we decided to have a play and see where we landed,’’ Carney said. “We teamed up and got what we were hoping for, it’s amazing.”
Yesterday’s second-top lot was Kote, a three-time-winning four-year-old son of Choisir (Danehill Dancer) from the Anthony Cummings stable.
Offered by Cummings and the ownership group, Kote sold to Phillip Pollicina’s Ravenswood Bloodstock for $195,000.
The October (Late) Sale grossed $1,636,500 with a clearance rate of almost 80 per cent. Entries are now open for the November (Early) Sale and will remain so until next Wednesday. The sale will run from November 3-8. To enter click here.