If he needed a break he got it with Alphadamus, a horse he had bought on spec for £1,200 in 1971, who won the Stewards’ Cup in 1973. He was up and running. Shergar, his first of six Derby ...

Money, sex, glamour, politics, extreme violence, accusations of terrorist links, the kidnap of Shergar the super horse. A story like no other, told by Vanilla Ice.

We delved into the the ITV Racing Vault to find a classic Derby from 1981, where the late Walter Swinburn rode Shergar to victory at Epsom. Found A Fifty bounced back from a couple of below-par ...

Nicknamed “The Choirboy” for his angelic looks, Swinburn was 19 when he won the first of three Derbies at Epsom on Michael Stoute-trained Shergar, who posted a record 10-length margin.

Shergar - Arguments can rage over which was the greatest of the Aga Khan's horses but there is no doubt about which is the most famous. In 1981, the Michael Stoute-trained Shergar won five of his ...

"It's just a shame that it (Shergar Cup) falls on a day when there are a lot of big Group races. "Josephine will ride a horse called Jousi in the Sweet Solera. "She won on her at Ascot last month ...