Shergar became national and international news after being kidnapped by an armed gang, widely believed to be the IRA ...

She also was asked if she could find Shergar, who went missing in 1983. Numerous theories were that the champion racehorse was kidnapped by members of the IRA, killed or sold to another country.

"And Shergar just went from strength to strength." Shergar soon won both the Epsom Derby and the Irish Derby. The horse's owner, the Aga Khan, then decided to retire him to stud, and Shergar ...

Five-year-old Irish-bred Shergar was once considered the nearest real-life equivalent to Pegasus, the winged horse from Greek mythology. He was the winner of the 202nd Epsom Derby in 1981 ...

Nicknamed “The Choirboy” for his angelic looks, Swinburn was 19 when he won the first of three Derbies at Epsom on Michael Stoute-trained Shergar, who posted a record 10-length margin.

Ho, whose 2019 individual success came aboard Power Of Darkness in the Shergar Cup Mile for Group ... You have to make sure your horse has enough fuel to the finish line,” added Ho, who intends ...

"It's just a shame that it (Shergar Cup) falls on a day when there are a lot of big Group races. "Josephine will ride a horse called Jousi in the Sweet Solera. "She won on her at Ascot last month ...

But Shergar wouldn’t just make headlines in the racing pages. He became national and international news, but for altogether more sinister reasons. The horse was famously kidnapped two years ...