Rome set for National tilt

Trainer Pat Flynn has his sights set on next month’s National Stakes for Designs Of Rome following his convincing win in the ISF 2-Y-0 Maiden in Naas yesterday.

In the frame in his two previous starts, the Holy Roman Emperor colt was always close to the pace under Danny Grand and stayed on well up the hill — in very testing ground — to beat favourite Mouteab by two lengths.

Flynn enthused: “I’ve said from that start — from the time he was broken — that he’s one of the best I’ve trained. He’s a proper horse, but still quite weak, and is improving all the time.