Dermot Weld reports Vinnie Roe on schedule for the Melbourne Cup following his second successive victory in the Jefferson Smurfit Memorial Irish St Leger at the Curragh last Saturday.
The Rosewell House trainer discussed plans for the four-year-old with part-owner Jim Sheridan at Fairyhouse racecourse this afternoon, where he saddled Wimbledon to take the Hayestown Handicap.
Vinnie Roe was put into quarantine in preparation for his Australian trip on Sunday evening, and is bidding to follow in the footsteps of former stablemate Vintage Crop who landed the Flemington Park showpiece in 1993.
Alan Magee
