The death in February of Aga Khan IV – spiritual leader of 15 million Ismaili Muslims and billionaire horse owner – stirred ...

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 ...

Tommo' once found himself in the back of a police car with his 'idol' Michael O'Hehir and in a much more serious incident had ...

The spiritual leader of up to 15 million people owned kidnapped super-horse Shergar Shergar is led in by the Aga Khan (top hat) with jockey Walter Swinburn after winning the Derby at Epsom in 1981.

But the Shergar story went on to run much deeper than that, with the horse being kidnapped from Ballymany Stud in Ireland. He was never found and it is a puzzle that will probably never be solved.

Fitzgerald was ordered to identify the stable of Epsom Derby-winning superstar racehorse Shergar and was told the gang were kidnapping the horse and would be demanding IR£2m for his safe return.

Johnny Watterson: Shergar mystery lives on after the Aga Khan's deathOpens in new window ] Probably the most famous horse in the world at the time, he had run in six races in 1981, winning five ...

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, was ...