Who owned the famous racehorse Shergar?
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
Shergar part of the BBC's "Screen Two" anthology series. The play was based on the few facts known, plus a backstory described as plausible by Hugh Hebert, reviewing for "The Guardian". The theft was also dramatised as a film "Shergar", directed by Dennis Lewiston and starring Ian Holm and Mickey Rourke. There have been two television documentaries, "Who Kidnapped Shergar?", broadcast on RTE in March 2004, and "Searching for Shergar", broadcast on BBC One in June 2018. 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