One of Ireland's most popular recent hurdlers and multiple Grade One winner dies

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Limestone Lad won 35 of his 65 races during a six-year career that featured four Grade One victories

Multiple Grade One winner Limestone Lad, who was one of the most popular Irish hurdlers of the modern era, has died at the age of 32.

Three of those top-level triumphs came in the Hatton’s Grace Hurdle at Fairyhouse, most famously when he beat a familiar foe in the brilliant three-time Champion Hurdle winner Istabraq when bagging his first win in the race in 1999.

“He was a great horse who for whatever reason captured the public’s imagination. He was a bit like Robin Hood as he took from the rich and gave to the poor!

 

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