Shergar quickly'"; another shareholder, Lord Derby, disagreed and said "if ransom money is paid for this horse, then there is a danger of other horses being kidnapped in the years to come – and that simply cannot be tolerated". The first phone call from the thieves was on the night Shergar was stolen; Fitzgerald was not back at Ballymany by that time, and had not had the chance to tell the news of the theft to anyone. The call was to Jeremy Maxwell, a horse trainer based in Northern Ireland. The caller demanded £40,000, although this figure was later raised to
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