Limestone Lad knocked off course for Cheltenham

LIMESTONE LAD is coughing and will miss his intended prep race for the Cheltenham Festival at Navan on Sunday.

James Bowe’s prolific winner was due to run in the McCabe Builders Boyne Hurdle but the trainer’s son Michael yesterday explained: “He is coughing. He was due to do a piece of work this morning. I just hacked him up, was giving him a canter, when he just started coughing, so we stopped immediately.

“He’s on treatment and as a consequence he won’t be going to Navan on Sunday. The vet says I should have him back in two weeks.”