JOE Crowley will be laid to rest today (Saturday) after 12pm Requiem Mass in St Nicholas’ Church, Tullahought, Co Kilkenny. He passed away peacefully at home on Wednesday, two days after his 91st birthday.

He will be remembered not only for his considerable achievements as a trainer but for his exceptional judgement of bloodstock and for establishing what is now one of the most powerful training establishments in the world at Piltown.