Emperor surely the best juvenile at Ballydoyle!

HE'S an exciting colt that Holy Roman Emperor, isn't he?

That was some performance by the son of Danehill, in the Group One Phoenix Stakes at the Curragh on Sunday, and you would have to say there is no other horse one would want to be on right now for next year's English 2000 Guineas.

His time for the six furlongs was quick and marginally faster than that taken by the three years older Moss Vale in the following Group Three. Aidan O'Brien has a history of running very high-class horses in this particular event, as evidenced by the likes of George Washington, Oratorio, Johannesburg and Fasliyev. Only one of his eight winners of the race, George Washington, has gone on to success at Newmarket, but Holy Roman Emperor could easily double that tally.