Shergar, a brilliant winner of Britain’s most prestigious race, the Epsom Derby, was taken from his stable in 1983. He was ...

Prince Karim Aga Khan, the 49th hereditary imam of the Ismaili Muslim community, has died in Lisbon, Portugal, at the age of 88.

But perhaps his most famous horse was Shergar, which won the Epsom Derby, the Irish Derby and the King George, before being kidnapped in February 1983 from Ireland's Ballymany stud farm. A ransom ...

On the night of February 8, 1983, a foggy evening ... winner’s enclosure at Epsom (PA) With Swinburn suspended he was ridden by Lester Piggott to win the Irish Derby by four lengths.

But perhaps his most famous horse was Shergar, which won the Epsom Derby, the Irish Derby and the King George, before being kidnapped in February 1983 from Ireland's Ballymany stud farm.

But perhaps his most famous horse was Shergar, which won the Epsom Derby, the Irish Derby and the King George, before being kidnapped in February 1983 from Ireland’s Ballymany stud farm.

He owned some of the world's finest racehorses and famously bred Shergar, the legendary stallion who was stolen in Ireland in 1983 and never ... won the Epsom Derby in 1981 by a record-breaking ...

in 1983 and never seen again. Shergar won the Derby at Epsom by 10 lengths in June 1981 Shergar was lionised in the racing world for the manner of his Epsom triumph under the teenage Walter ...