February 8, 2008 marked the 25th anniversary of, possibly, the most horrific act in the annals of horseracing – the kidnapping of Shergar, winner of the 1981 English Derby by a record 10 lengths! Most of the industry old-timers still have a vivid memory of the event, but I doubt that many of the new-comers to the business know the story. One of my clients emailed me a fascinating article that appeared in on the Telegraph.co.uk titled “The truth about Shergar racehorse kidnapping” by Andrew Alderson, which solves the mystery of Shergar’s final hours. Since I haven’t seen anything about this in the American press, I thought I’d share it with our readers. Read the story
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