Shergar in fourth, and the Aga Khan took the decision to retire him to stud in Ireland. After Shergar's Epsom Derby win, the Aga Khan sold 40 shares in the horse, valuing it at £10 million. Retaining six shares, he created an owner's syndicate with the remaining 34 members. Shergar was stolen from the Aga Khan's stud farm by an armed gang on 8 February 1983. Negotiations were conducted with the thieves, but the gang broke off all communication after four days when the syndicate did not accept as true the proof provided that the horse was still alive. In 1999
Paean (horse) of Champions", based on a modified version of the Timeform system, John Randall and Tony Morris rated Paean as a "poor" winner of the Gold Cup. After his retirement from racing, Paean was sent to Ireland where he stood as a breeding stallion at the Greenville House Stud at Kilmacow, County Kilkenny. He was marketed as a National Hunt stallion and stood at a fee of IR£1,000 a mare. Paean survived only two seasons at stud but sired some good steeplechasers including the Whitbread Gold Cup winner Eulogy. Paean (horse) Paean (foaled 4 April 1983 – ca. 1989) was a