IT is hard to believe that it is nine years since Thurles Racecourse’s Pierce Molony died, and today his family continue to honour his legacy by making it a uniquely family-owned and run track.

In 2017 the family ran the then listed Pierce Molony Memorial Novice Chase for the first time in his memory, and Willie Mullins saddled Great Field to land the prize. One month later and the gelding went to Punchestown and took the honours in the Grade 1 Ryanair Novice Chase.