Kinane injured

Champion jockey Michael Kinane faces at least a week on the sidelines due to the back injury that forced him to miss out on riding Ciro in yesterday's Derby.

Kinane began suffering from severe muscular spasms in his lower back after riding the Queen's filly Spinning Top on Saturday and failed to pass the inspection of the Turf Club medical officer yesterday morning.

Dr Walter Halley said: "Mick was in a lot of distress on Saturday and his chances of riding were always less than 50-50. He had to have full movement in his back to do himself and his mount justice and he's had to cry off.

"What he needs now is time and some physio work and I imagine I will review his situation at the end of the week."

That brings Kinane's participation in Saturday's Eclipse Stakes into question, a consideration that will probably weigh on his mind more heavily than missing tonight's Sligo fixture.

Frances Crowley, however, does look the personality to follow in the two flat races.

Saying Grace has a second start following a run behind Mowassel at Cork that saw her starting slowly but still finish just over five lengths behind the winner.

That should be good enough in the auction maiden while Crowley's Amialone, fourth to Thethingaboutitis at Gowran, should go close in the next.

Barry Geraghty is a significant booking for Shrug in the first handicap hurdle while the second can fall to the course and distance winner Aliwaiyn.

One Derby may have taken all the headlines yesterday but trainer Andreas Schutz managed the remarkable feat of landing a 1-2-3 in the BMW Deutshces Derby at Hamburg yesterday where Samum proved unstoppable. Relishing the soft going, the colt waited in the middle of the pack before bursting five lengths clear of his stablemate Subiaco.

Acamani, one of a Schutz-trained quintet in the Classic, was only inches behind Subiaco in third.

Italian Derby winner Kallisto finished back in fourth.