The Aga Khan obituary: Spiritual leader with a taste for fast cars and racehorses
The Ismaili Muslim ruler was perhaps best known in Ireland for refusing to pay a ransom for the kidnapped Shergar
Shergar
Shergar mystery lives on after Aga Khan’s death
IRA informant claimed the highly strung thoroughbred went out of control and was destroyed by his abductors
Aga Khan dies with mystery of Shergar kidnapping still unsolved
The easiest Derby winner ever was his greatest triumph but the horse’s fate at the hands of the IRA haunted him
The Aga Khan, spiritual leader whose riches enabled horse racing glory, dies at 88
Prince Shah Karim Al Husseini’s family’s engagement with Ireland’s equine industry spanned three generations
Shergar, 40 years on: Codenames, kidnap, clairvoyants and a brutal end to a beautiful racehorse
Silence still hangs over the case of the great racehorse kidnapped by inept paramilitaries in February 1983
Walter Swinburn: Flat-race jockey who won every British and Irish classic
Obituary: Outstanding champion forever linked to 1981 Derby winner Shergar
The Times We Lived In: Son of Shergar’s coltish vulnerability
Published: November 21st, 1983.Photograph by Matt Kavanagh
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