Godolphin swoop for Cup hope Pugin

PUGIN, who has been bought by Godolphin, should be favourite for the Melbourne Cup, according to Dermot Weld.

The four-year-old was purchased out of the John Oxx yard prior to finishing a length and a half second to Weld’s Vinnie Roe in Saturday’s Irish Leger at the Curragh.

Vinnie Roe, of course, is the current market leader for the November 5 contest, which brings the whole of Australia to a standstill.