On February 8, 1983, at the height of The Troubles, Ireland faced a truly mysterious crime that remains virtually unsolved. Shergar, a beloved thoroughbred racehorse worth over $15 million, was ...

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.

In 1983, a prized racehorse named Shergar was abducted at gunpoint from his stable in Ireland and held for ransom. Decades later, no one is quite sure why.

Shergar became national and international news after being kidnapped by an armed gang, widely believed to be the IRA. Irish Mirror. The Shergar kidnapping that sent shockwaves through the racing ...

It is 35 years since Derby winner Shergar was horse-napped from the Ballymany Stud in County Kildare, Ireland. The disappearance of the iconic racehorse, suspected to be the work of the IRA, has ...

Exactly 30 years ago, kidnappers broke into the Ballymany Stud in the Republic of Ireland and stole the champion racehorse, Shergar. What happened to the animal remains a mystery. Shergar was the ...

Racing journalist Derek Thompson recalls how he was summoned from his bed to try to free the wonder horse, Shergar.