Vauban shares fetch $43,500 on Inglis Digital

Five small percentage shares in Melbourne Cup-bound stayer Vauban sold for a total of $43,500 on Inglis Digital, valuing the nine-year-old at $458,000.

Three 2.5 per cent shares in the imported star, who is set to contest the Melbourne Cup for the fourth time, sold for $10,000 each to buyers G Maitland, G Kelly and D Duncan.

One per cent shares sold for $6,500 to TM and $7,000 to S Rielly.

Vauban has earned $2.6 million across his career and will carry 56.5kg in next Tuesday’s race.

At his most recent start, he finished ninth in the Geelong Cup, while he was placed in the Doomben Cup and the Tancred Stakes during his autumn campaign.

A 2.5 per cent share in Five Diamonds-bound Brindavan was passed in, while two 2.5 per cent shares in Wine Dark Sea were withdrawn.