Shergar Shergar Shergar (3 March 1978 – c. February 1983) was an Irish-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse. After a very successful season in 1981 he was retired to the Ballymany Stud in County Kildare, Ireland. In 1983 he was stolen from the stud, and a ransom of £2 million was demanded; it was not paid, and negotiations were soon broken off by the thieves. In 1999 a supergrass, formerly in the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA), stated they stole the horse. The IRA has never admitted any role in the theft. The Aga Khan, Shergar's owner, sent the horse for training in
High-Rise (horse) three-year-old debut, have staged a race named in his honour. High-Rise stood as a stallion in Japan for the Darley organisation at the Lex Company stud, Shizunai at an initial fee of £8,000. High-Rise returned to Ireland in 2004, to stand at the Park House Stud, County Carlow at a stud fee of €1,500. He is currently marketed as a National Hunt stallion. High-Rise (horse) High-Rise (foaled 3 May 1995) is a retired Thoroughbred race horse and active sire, bred in Ireland, but trained in the United Kingdom, Dubai and the United States. He is best known as the winner