Noel Glynn have been missed in the winner's enclosures around the country in recent times but the quirky trainer registered his first winner in over a year when his Flatfoot Boogie caused a 16/1 upset in the Corkracecourse.ie Maiden Hurdle at Cork today, under a winning spare ride for Andrew McNamara.

Jockey Andrew Lynch missed the ride having suffered soft tissue damage from a fall from Foolish Notion in the previous contest but McNamara made the most of the opportunity, keeping the gelding going in the closing stages for a length win over well backed 13/8 favourite Hilltop Tommy

Larger than life Glynn later revealed “my mother is in a nursing home and has had more problems than this fellow! I bought him (Flatfoot Boogie) as a yearling in France from the same man I bought Old McDonald, but have been nursing him for seven years since!”

He added “he was as big as a bull coming here today and if he stands up, should make a nice chaser. I'll take him home and admire him for a while first though!”

By Thomas Weekes