Progressive Millstreet can lower Roe’s colours

MUCH interest this weekend will centre on the performance of brilliant stayer Vinnie Roe, who returns from a short break in the listed Ballyroan Stakes at Leopardstown tomorrow.

Dermot Weld’s charge has been rested since failing by a neck to Royal Rebel in the Gold Cup at Royal Ascot in June.

One imagines he will hardly be fully primed for this test, with some big autumn targets, such as the Irish Leger and the Melbourne Cup, in his sights.