MICHAEL KINANE failed to make a winning start for his new boss John Oxx at Maisons-Laffitte yesterday.

Michael Kinane has his first ride for John Oxx in France tomorrow since his appointment as stable jockey to the Kildare trainer.

THREE meetings in Ireland this weekend, with quality thin on the ground and quantity set to flourish.

JOHN Oxx’s long-absent Hanzali should be hard to beat in the first division of the Keredern Stud Maiden at Roscommon this evening.