owned by the Aga Khan, was stolen in Ireland 42 years ago today. The billionaire spiritual leader had strong racing connections with Ireland, and he also owned the Ballymany Stud in County Kildare.

In 1983, the Aga Khan’s prized racehorse Shergar was stolen from a stud farm in County Kildare in Ireland. The Aga Khan refused to pay a ransom demand, and the stallion was never seen in public ...

He also beat Royal Anthem in the 1999 Coronation Cup (G1) and Breeders' Cup Turf (G1T) at Gulfstream Park, before retiring to the Aga Khan's Gilltown Stud. The Aga Khan inherited Charlottesville ...

As Aga Khan -- derived from Turkish and Persian words ... before being kidnapped in February 1983 from Ireland's Ballymany stud farm. A ransom demand was made, with the mafia, former Libyan ...

In 2009, Forbes put the Aga Khan among the 15 richest royals in the world and reported that the horse-racing enthusiast owned "900 thoroughbreds at stud farms in Ireland and France" and held a ...

Article continues below After his retirement, he headed for a stallion career in Ireland, but it was there he was kidnapped from the Aga Khan’s stud, in what was generally accepted to have been ...

The Aga Khan, spiritual leader of the world's 15 million ... the Irish Derby and the King George before being kidnapped from an Irish stud farm in 1983. A ransom was demanded, but no money ever ...

Pat Downes, who runs Gilltown Stud in Kildare, owned by the Aga Khan, said it was a sad day at the farm but everyone there was “celebrating a great life”. Mr Downes, who has been managing the ...

Kalamoun started impressively at stud only to die young, but that setback failed to halt the upward progress of the Aga Khan Studs. Oddly, the best horse to represent the Aga in the 1970s was one that ...

He owned stables, stud farms and an auction house, his horses winning many of the great races across seven decades. AFP look at five things about the Aga Khan's sporting world. - Winter Olympian ...