Flynn has grand Designs Dual Cheltenham Festival-winning trainer Pat Flynn is swapping the delights of the Cotswolds next week for the Far Eastern promise of Hong Kong. The County Waterford handler will be off to see his former inmate Designs On Rome contest the BMW Hong Kong Derby at Sha Tin on March 16. When Designs On Rome won the Hong Kong Classic Cup last month, the John Moore-trained four-year-old not only emerged as the number one contender for the Hong Kong Derby but justified Flynn's faith. Bought privately for 10,500 euros, Designs On Rome caught the eye of an interested party when finishing second to Dawn Approach in the National Stakes at the Curragh. "The next day Peter Doyle (bloodstock agent) rang and said the people in Hong Kong were interested. I'd spoken to Peter early on and told him what I thought of the horse," said Flynn. "We went into negotiation and got him sold. I told him to tell John Moore that this horse will be one of the best horses he's ever trained, that this horse is the business, so thank God it's turning out right. "He'll only get better and, if he's in good form the day of the Derby, he must have a great chance."
