A sell-out crowd packed the ballroom of the Dunraven Arms Hotel in Adare, Co Limerick, last Wednesday night for a gala dinner to celebrate the achievements of Tim and Martin Molony.

The Limerick brothers were champion jockeys in Ireland and Britain during the 1940s and 50s, and Martin’s son Peter is well-known in racing and breeding circles as the owner of Rathmore Stud in Kilmallock.