People's champion Limestone Lad has died aged 32
Fairyhouse 2000: The Pierse Drinmore Novice Steeplechase. Limestone Lad and Barry Cash jump the second fence ©INPHO/Patrick Bolger
People’s champion and durable winning machine, Limestone Lad, has died on the Bowe family farm in Gathabawn, Co Kilkenny where he spent all his life, at the age of 32.
Rated joint sixth greatest hurdler of all time by Timeform, the late-blooming son of Aristocracy and Limestone Miss was successful in 35 of his 65 races, and famously claimed the scalp of Istabraq in the Hatton’s Grace Hurdle in 1999.
