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
Bahri (horse) near Lexington, Kentucky, where he stood for eight years before being transferred to Derrinstown Stud in County Kildare, Ireland. In 2011 he was leased from Derrinstown Stud to stand at Girsonfield Stud in Northumberland. His fee peaked at $40,000 and is currently £2,000. During his time at Shadwell Stud he sired his only Group 1 winner, Sakhee, who won the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe and the International Stakes at York. Bahri (horse) Bahri (foaled 7 February 1992) is a retired Thoroughbred race horse and active sire, bred in the United States but trained in the United Kingdom. He is