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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 ...

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 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.

Jim Fitzgerald, Shergar's former groom with a photograph of the prize bay stallion: 'He was a grand horse' It is 25 years since a world-famous racehorse was kidnapped by the IRA, never to be seen ...

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.

As the racing world gears up for a potentially historic Epsom Derby on Saturday, thoughts turn to one from 30 years ago and the record-breaking victory of Shergar. The colt, trained by Sir Michael ...

Shergar - Full Cast & Crew 1999 1 hr 35 mins Suspense, Drama, Sports Watchlist Where to Watch ...

Shergar was owned by a syndicate of 34 people, each with a share worth £250,000 ($394,000). The syndicate refused to pay the ransom, fearing it would encourage other kidnappings.

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