ANDY Moloney is a member of a great band of friends who love their racing. He also happens to be my barber. A chance call to Boxx Barbers in the IFSC a couple of years ago resulted in my meeting Andy, and discovering his interest in the sport of kings.

One of Andy’s racing highlights each year is to pay a visit to Cheltenham. This he did with a host of pals – they have a revolving door system of coming and going that allows a great number of them to spend all or part of the week at the Festival. A key member of that group was David Clerkin, more affectionately known as Drogheda Dave.