Cowboys are undoubtedly some of the toughest men on earth but former rodeo rider turned horse trainer Norm Hilton was reduced to tears at the Gold Coast on Saturday.Hilton scored the biggest win of his career when Bold Glance won the $400,000 Magic Millions Cup (1400m) but the Toowoomba trainer was overcome with emotion as his favourite horse returned to the enclosure.Hilton's eyes filled with tears as he pondered the floodwaters which have wreaked havoc across southeast Queensland in the past w

Cowboys are undoubtedly some of the toughest men on earth but former rodeo rider turned horse trainer Norm Hilton was reduced to tears at the Gold Coast on Saturday.

Hilton scored the biggest win of his career when Bold Glance won the $400,000 Magic Millions Cup (1400m) but the Toowoomba trainer was overcome with emotion as his favourite horse returned to the enclosure.

Hilton's eyes filled with tears as he pondered the floodwaters which have wreaked havoc across southeast Queensland in the past week.

"It's a bit embarrassing to be happy and celebrating after all the lives were lost during the floods during the week," Hilton said.

"All those children who are lost and the families who have been devastated puts horseracing into perspective.

"This is a great thrill for me - it's easily the best thrill I have had in racing."

Bold Glance ($16) gave former Sydney jockey Bob El-Issa his second victory in the MM Cup when he clung on for a long neck victory over Zero Rock ($4.60).

Captain Sonador ($3.50 fav) loomed as the likely winner halfway up the straight but he was anchored under his big weight of 60kg and tired to finish a long head back third.

El-Issa won the 2007 MM Cup on outsider Warrior Trader and the lightweight hoop gave Bold Glance a sweet run in transit to notch his second win in the feature.

Fifteen Carat gave the big crowd a scare when he stumbled and dislodged Craig Williams about 75m after the winning post but both horse and rider escaped uninjured.

Hilton said Bold Glance's win was not unexpected and said there were definite excuses for the horse's last-start flop on the Toowoomba cushion track.

"He needed that run to bring him to peak fitness and he doesn't like the cushion either," Hilton said.

"He was also dropping from 60.5kg at Toowoomba to the 53kg today and that was a big bonus."