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
Shergar
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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