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Shergar the wonderhorse: How the Irish stallion rose to fame SHERGAR was once the biggest name in global sport. The stallion shot to fame in 1981 winning the English Derby by a record 10 lengths.

Shergar at his stables in Newmarket, England in 1980. | Steve Powell, Allsport/Getty Images A little later that evening, a call came into the offices of the BBC in Belfast.

Shergar, his first of six Derby winners, in 1981, is probably the horse for which he will be best remembered though that is as much for what happened to the horse after he had left Stoute when he ...

Shergar was the most famous, and most valuable, racehorse in the world. The big bay colt with a distinctive white blaze on its face had won the 1981 Derby by a record 10 lengths.

After a promising season as a two-year-old, Shergar, owned by the Aga Khan and trained by Michael Stoute, was targeted at the 1981 Epsom Derby, amid a growing confidence in its prospects.

Kerrin McEvoy has captained the Rest of the World to second place behind Great Britain and Ireland in the Shergar Cup jockeys' team challenge at Ascot. Fran Berry claimed the Silver Saddle as the ...

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