The death in February of Aga Khan IV – spiritual leader of 15 million Ismaili Muslims and billionaire horse owner – stirred ...

That's where Shergar was homed, when an armed gang of kidnappers broke into the farm and seized the horse under the cover of darkness on the 8 February 1983. It was an audacious kidnapping and it ...

The ensuing days descended into farce, with a subsequent police investigation failing to identify the whereabouts of Shergar or who had kidnapped him. The first problem for the police was the ...

Fitzgerald was ordered to identify the stable of Epsom Derby-winning superstar racehorse Shergar and was told the gang were kidnapping the horse and would be demanding IR£2m for his safe return.

The dream of prestigious offspring was shattered when a gang, armed with guns, kidnapped Shergar The death of the Aga Khan has evoked memories of one of the greatest sporting mysteries of all time ...

Image caption, Shergar with the Aga Khan (centre) after winning the Irish Derby at The Curragh racecourse near Newbridge, County Kildare, in 1980 It was an audacious kidnapping and it made ...

That's where Shergar was homed, when an armed gang of kidnappers broke into the farm and seized the horse under the cover of darkness on the 8 February 1983. It was an audacious kidnapping and it made ...