Tags: Race Horse.
Shergar (b. 1978) was an Irish racehorse and winner of the 202nd Epsom Derby (1981) by ten lengths— the longest winning margin in the race’s history. A bay colt with a distinctive white blaze Shergar was named European Horse of the Year in 1981 and was retired from racing that September. Two years later on 8 February 1983 he was stolen from the Ballymany Stud near The Curragh in County Kildare Ireland by masked gunmen with the body never being discovered.
