The death of the Aga Khan has evoked memories of one of the greatest sporting mysteries of all time - the disappearance of the wonder horse Shergar. The champion racehorse, owned by the Aga Khan ...

Shergar retired to the Aga Khan’s Gilltown Stud in Ireland at the end of a hugely successful three-year-old career, father to one crop of foals before his kidnap in 1983 by what is widely ...

The Aga Khan was news-media-averse and never had much to say publicly about the kidnapping. But there is little doubt it affected him: In 1983, he unveiled his new 150-foot superyacht, named Shergar .

As tributes are paid to the Aga Khan following his death at the age of 88, the revered owner-breeder will always be associated with his mighty colt Shergar, the spectacular winner of the 1981 Derby.

Aga Khan IV, who bred and owned the magnificent, ill-starred Derby winner, Shergar, among dozens of champions to carry his famous green and red colours over the course of six decades in the sport ...

Aga Khan leads jockey Walter Swinburn on Shergar after record 10-length Derby win in 1981 Credit: Action Images - Reuters. He was the owner of kidnapped Derby winner Shergar who refused to pay the ...

As a result of his on-track glories, a syndicate headed by the Aga Khan was able to charge up to £80,000 a time for Shergar’s services. He covered around 40 mares in his first season, with a ...

Listed below are six of the Aga Khan's best horses. Shergar Since Shergar's awesome Epsom Derby (G1)-winning campaign in 1981, his name has been a byword for supreme excellence in the middle ...

Shergar with the Aga Khan (centre) after winning the Irish Derby at The Curragh racecourse near Newbridge, County Kildare, in 1980. It was an audacious kidnapping and it made headlines around the ...

The Aga Khan was one of the most successful and infuential racehorse owner-breeders in the world who had many champions, best known of which was the brilliant but ill-fated Derby winner Shergar ...

The death of the Aga Khan has evoked memories of one of the greatest sporting mysteries of all time - the disappearance of the wonder horse Shergar. The champion racehorse, owned by the Aga Khan ...