FINAL preparations were under way at Roscommon racecourse on Friday as manager Michael Finneran and his team had their fingers crossed for some nice weather ahead of their second two-day race meeting of 2016.

With three days racing already under their belt, and six more to come, Michael is praying that the weather gods will be kinder to him than they were at the two-day fixture held in June. Then two races had to be abandoned due to the underfoot conditions, though it should be said that this was something outside of the control of the track officials.