Pat Flynn: 'After training my first winner I couldn't feel my legs. It was like walking on air'

Q&A with trainer Pat Flynn.
Pat Flynn: 'After training my first winner I couldn't feel my legs. It was like walking on air'
Fri, 22 May, 2020 - 13:03
Pat Flynn, Trainer

Pat Flynn and his son Mark Flynn were at Sha Tin Racecourse in 2014 to see Designs On Rome win the Hong Kong Derby. Picture: Kenneth Chan/South China Morning Post via Getty
Pat Flynn and his son Mark Flynn were at Sha Tin Racecourse in 2014 to see Designs On Rome win the Hong Kong Derby. Picture: Kenneth Chan/South China Morning Post via Getty

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