The Aga Khan was a notable supporter of Irish racing and one of the driving forces behind the redevelopment of the Curragh.

HE was the billionaire philanthropist that King Charles counted as a close friend – and who made the late Queen’s horse-racing dreams come true. The Aga Khan, spiritual leader to 15 million ...

Prince Karim, Aga Khan IV, spiritual leader of the 15 million Nizari Ismaili Muslims, was among the world's pre-eminent owner ...

The only truly great champion bred by the Aga Khan apart from Shergar, Daylami won seven Group/Grade 1 races and carried the ...

Horse Racing Ireland paid tribute to the late Aga Khan, saying that Irish racing and breeding ‘will be forever in his debt’.

His Highness Prince Karim Aga Khan IV, who has died aged 88, combined his role as 49th Imam and spiritual leader of 12-15 ...

The Aga Khan, who has died aged 88, then retired the horse and sent it to stud in Kildare - but only after selling shares in ...

Queen Elizabeth II and The Aga Khan (Dominic Lipinski/PA) The Aga Khan was a long-term friend of Queen Elizabeth II and the pair, both ardent fans of horse racing, watched the sport together at Royal ...

both ardent fans of horse racing, watched the sport together at Royal Ascot. He was the owner of Shergar, the Derby-winning racehorse who was kidnapped from his Irish stud farm in 1983 and never ...

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 was passionate about horse racing ... famous ever animals in Shergar, who won the Epsom and Irish Derbys as well as the King George, as per The Sun. Treated as a head of state, the Aga Khan ...