PETER Molloy loved racing and was involved in ownership in the 1970s and early 1980s when Purple Highways, Hindsight and Down The Swanee, all trained locally by Alfie Evans, carried his colours of white with royal blue hoop, royal blue cap with white spots.

Down The Swanee won three hurdle races and two chases. The second of those wins over fences came in the Waterford Crystal Chase at Killarney on May 9th 1983 when the bay stayed on well to beat the Mick Neville-trained mare Hamers Flame by three-parts of a length.