Guineas hero in frame for Gladness outing Irish Guineas winner Romanised could begin his season in the Gladness Stakes at Naas on Saturday. The Holy Roman Emperor colt caused a 25-1 shock when beating U S Navy Flag at the Curragh. Ken Condon’s charge struggled after his Classic triumph, but was competing at Group One level on each occasion. His potential opponents include four horses from Aidan O’Brien’s yard — including Le Brivido, who could make his debut for the yard having won the 2017 Jersey Stakes at Royal Ascot when trained in France by Andre Fabre. Other possibles include the Ger Lyons-trained Psychedelic Funk, Dermot Weld’s pair of Imaging and Yulong Gold Fairy and Jim Bolger’s Smash Williams.
