“Shergar,” a 1999 movie that took some literary license with the tale, starred Ian Holm and Mickey Rourke. The Aga Khan was news-media-averse and never had much to say publicly about the kidnappin ...

Shergar and Walter Swinburn cross the line well clear to win the Epsom Derby by a record margin in 1981 (PA Archive) Although the big bay was just one of five Derby winners to carry the famous ...

The Cosgrove family, through James’s father, Stan, had owned a share in the Irish thoroughbred stallion and Epsom derby winner Shergar and was hoping to recover an insurance payment. The ...

The dream of prestigious offspring was shattered when a gang, armed with guns, kidnapped Shergar The death of the Aga Khan has evoked memories of one of the greatest sporting mysteries of all time ...