Punters to have last laugh with Barrel Of Fun

THE Dermot Weld-trained Barrel Of Fun stands out as the banker bet on today’s flat card in Sligo.

A lightly-raced Sadler’s Wells gelding, Barrel Of Fun ran an eye-catching race on his debut at Navan a year ago, when fourth to this year’s Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby victor Fame And Glory.

Anyone who saw Weld’s charge perform that day will find it difficult to believe that he’s still a maiden on the last day of September ‘09. But Barrel Of Fun has clearly had his problems and he has raced only twice in the intervening time, finishing in the frame in two competitive ten-furlong maidens at Leopardstown last spring.