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Taking Shergar - Thoroughbred Racing's Most Famous Cold Case (Hardcover)
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Taking Shergar - Thoroughbred Racing's Most Famous Cold Case (Hardcover)
Series: Horses in History
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It was a cold and foggy February night in 1983 when a group of
armed thieves crept onto Ballymany Stud, near The Curragh in County
Kildare, Ireland, to steal Shergar, one of the Thoroughbred
industry's most renowned stallions. Bred and raced by the Aga Khan
IV and trained in England by Sir Michael Stoute, Shergar achieved
international prominence in 1981 when he won the 202nd Epsom Derby
by ten lengths -- the longest winning margin in the race's history.
The thieves demanded a hefty ransom for the safe return of one of
the most valuable Thoroughbreds in the world, but the ransom was
never paid and Shergar's remains have never been found. In Taking
Shergar: Thoroughbred Racing's Most Famous Cold Case, Milton C.
Toby presents an engaging narrative that is as thrilling as any
mystery novel. The book provides new analysis of the body of
evidence related to the stallion's disappearance, delves into the
conspiracy theories that surround the inconclusive investigation,
and presents a profile of the man who might be the last person able
to help solve part of the mystery. Toby examines the extensive cast
of suspects and their alleged motives, including the Irish
Republican Army and their need for new weapons, a French bloodstock
agent who died in Central Kentucky, and even the Libyan dictator,
Muammar al-Qadhafi. This riveting account of the most notorious
unsolved crime in the history of horse racing will captivate
serious racing fans and aficionados as well as entertain a new
generation of horse racing enthusiasts.
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