The easiest Derby winner ever gave him his greatest triumph but the ill-fated horse’s fate at the hands of the IRA haunted him
The easiest Derby winner ever was his greatest triumph but the horse’s fate at the hands of the IRA haunted him
The days that followed were the opening chapters of a mystery that remains unresolved more than 40 years later. A police investigation of the kidnapping swiftly descended into the realms of farce, including an attempt to use a clairvoyant to divine Shergar’s whereabouts. In particular, the gang members sent to steal the five-year-old had no experience with handling a highly strung, full-grown thoroughbred stallion, and one account suggests that Shergar was shot only a few hours after his abduction after he became panicked and out of control, before being buried in remote mountains near the border with Northern Ireland.
The rules of racing were clear that Aliysa had to be disqualified, and while her owner mounted a sustained legal challenge to the Jockey Club’s testing procedures, the decision to award the race to Snow Bride, the runner-up, was finally confirmed in December 1990, 18 months after the Oaks.
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