The Theft Of Shergar
The Unanswered Questions Podcast · Zac Miller
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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. Shergar's body has never been found and the horse's ultimate fate remains unknown...
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