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Limestone Lad -LRB- foaled 1 April 1992 -RRB- is a retired Irish Thoroughbred racehorse who competed mainly in National Hunt racing .. Thoroughbred. Thoroughbred. racehorse. horse racing. National Hunt. National Hunt. Bred , owned and trained by a farming family in rural Ireland he was offered for sale as three-year-old but was rejected after failing a medical examination .. Ireland. Ireland. His early racing career was unremarkable but he made steady improvement and eventually retired with a record of thirty-five wins and nineteen places from sixty-five races .. He was best known for his durability and his performances in long-distance hurdle races and usually raced from the front .. hurdle. Hurdling ( horse race ). He began by running in National Hunt Flat races and was unplaced in his first four starts before winning two minor races and was then switched to novice hurdles , winning one of his next six starts before the end of the 1997 / 98 National Hunt season .. hurdles. Hurdling ( horse race ). National Hunt. National Hunt. National Hunt Flat. National Hunt Flat. novice. novice ( racehorse ). In the following season , he improved through the handicap hurdle ranks , winning seven of his ten starts .. hurdle. Hurdling ( horse race ). handicap. Handicap ( horse racing ). In the 1999 / 2000 season he emerged as a top-class performer , winning eight races including the Morgiana Hurdle , Hatton 's Grace Hurdle -LRB- beating Istabraq -RRB- , Christmas Hurdle , Bank of Ireland Hurdle and Boyne Hurdle .. Ireland. Ireland. Morgiana Hurdle. Morgiana Hurdle. Christmas Hurdle. Christmas Hurdle ( Ireland ). Bank of Ireland Hurdle. Limestone Lad Hurdle. Boyne Hurdle. Boyne Hurdle. Istabraq. Istabraq. In the following season he was tried over fences and won the Irish Field Novice Chase , Craddockstown Novice Chase as well as repeating his previous wins in the Bank of Ireland Hurdle and the Boyne Hurdle .. Ireland. Ireland. Bank of Ireland Hurdle. Limestone Lad Hurdle. Boyne Hurdle. Boyne Hurdle. Irish Field Novice Chase. Cork E.B.F. Novice Chase. Craddockstown Novice Chase. Craddockstown Novice Chase. over fences. steeplechase. Limestone Lad returned to hurdling in the 2001 / 02 National Hunt season and won six races including a second Morgiana Hurdle , a second Hatton 's Grace Hurdle , a third Bank of Ireland Hurdle and the Champion Stayers ' Hurdle .. Ireland. Ireland. Morgiana Hurdle. Morgiana Hurdle. Bank of Ireland Hurdle. Limestone Lad Hurdle. National Hunt. National Hunt. In his final season he won another five races including the Lismullen Hurdle , a second Christmas Hurdle , a third Morgiana Hurdle and a third Hatton 's Grace Hurdle .. Morgiana Hurdle. Morgiana Hurdle. Christmas Hurdle. Christmas Hurdle ( Ireland ). Lismullen Hurdle. Lismullen Hurdle. At the end of his racing career he was described as `` Ireland 's most famous racehorse '' .. Ireland. Ireland. racehorse. horse racing