The kidnapping and subsequent killing of Shergar by an IRA gang on February 8, 1983, became an international sensation and provoked a backlash against the terrorist organisation because the Derby ...

He was a spiritual leader to 15 million people and a multi-billionaire, but the Aga Khan will forever be linked to the fabled Shergar, the prized stallion believed to have been stolen by the IRA.

Aga Khan leads jockey Walter Swinburn on Shergar after record 10-length Derby win in 1981Credit: Action Images - Reuters He was the owner of kidnapped Derby winner Shergar who refused to pay the ...

He was also an owner of Shergar, the Derby-winning racehorse who was stolen from his stud farm in Co Kildare, in 1983 and never seen again. Shergar won the Derby at Epsom by 10 lengths in June ...

The Aga Khan owned hugely successful racehorses , who ran in emerald green silks with red epaulets, but arguably the most famous of those was the ill-fated Shergar, who became one of the greatest ...

He won the Epsom Derby five times, with Shergar in 1981 followed by Shahrastani, Kahyasi, Sinndar and Harzand. The Aga Khan was a close friend of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, the pair seen here ...

Aga Khan IV, who bred and owned the magnificent, ill-starred Derby winner, Shergar, among dozens of champions to carry his famous green and red colours over the course of six decades in the sport ...

The Aga Khan, one of racing’s most renowned owner-breeders – whose long list of champions includes Shergar – has died at the of 88. The Aga Khan became the spiritual leader of the world’s ...