GOOD old Barney Curley didn’t half liven up the scene with those well-publicised gambles in England on Monday.

BRITAIN’S bookmakers were counting the cost last night after a huge gamble on four horses.

LOCAL trainer Eugene O'Sullivan, whose only previous success on the flat came in a ladies race with Sam Vaughan at Killarney, doubled his tally when Head Waiter landed the Coolmore Orpen Maiden at Cork last night.