No Lad at Punchestown

Limestone Lad will not to try to defend his Ballymore Properties Champion Stayers’ Hurdle crown at the Punchestown Festival on Thursday.

Sat, 26 Apr, 2003 - 10:36

Limestone Lad will not to try to defend his Ballymore Properties Champion Stayers’ Hurdle crown at the Punchestown Festival on Thursday.

Connections of the incredibly popular Irish 11-year-old have opted to call it a day for the season following his brave third to Baracouda and Iris’s Gift in the Cheltenham equivalent last month.

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