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Shergar won the 1981 Epsom Derby by a record distance. Shergar was later kidnapped from a stud farm in Ireland, and was never recovered. (Add picture)

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gimcrack (0)
08/07/2008
Shergar's record breaking 10 length Derby win was achieved ,it must be said,against inferior opposition ,but he could do no more than win in eyecatching fashion. I think the vermin who kidnapped him and probably then killed him deserve to burn in hell.

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SecretariatRules (1)
02/03/2007
He was a great horse, many people thought that he rivaled Man O' War in being the greatest race horse of all time. It's a shame that he disappeared the way he did.

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Kelticman (10)
12/01/2005
Shergar's victory in the 1981 Epsom Derby under a young Walter Swinburn -by a record breaking ten lentghs at the time had two time Arc winner Alleged's owner, Sir Robert Sangster, saying that he had just witnessed the best Derby winner since the second world war. In hindsight and on reflection, he may have thought himself somewhat carried away by that statement, considering the poor quality of opposition he faced. Of his Derby opponents, only the Ian Balding trained, Glint Of Gold, who finished second would subsequently finish runner-up in the St'Leger, could be said to have possessed any real approachable class. Although he went on to win both The Irish Derby under Lester Piggott and the King George & Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes, his poor running in that season's St. Leger (finishing fourth) against supposedly inferior opposition. Therefore, it is for that reason I rate him below the very best.

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Shaun Marron (0)
09/02/2005
Shergar looked like a wonder horse in the Derby and very good in his king george but nothing special in his other races.

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Harsh Thakor (0)
08/30/2004
A strong contender for the title of the greatest British Middle Distance racehorse of the last Century.No colt displayed such superiority over his 3 year old contemporaries and his 10 length 1981 Epsom Derby win was the greatest performance in the race in terms of winning distance.Shergar however faced comparitively weaker oposition to the other champions like Dancing Brave and Mill Reef and faded out in Autumn ,crashing to defeat in the St.Leger.In the Epsom Derby runner-Up Glint of Gold was bumped into by Kalaglow.However at Epsom that day Shergar could have gone on to win by 15 lengths.When pitted against older horses Shergar won in convincing fashion like a true champion in the King George but his manner of victory was not on par with Mill Reef ,Nijinsky or Dancing Brave.(In the 1986 Arc)Overall to me Mill Reef,Nijinsky and Dancing Brave were marginally superior.That does not deny that in 1981 Shergar was a superhorse.His kidnapping was the saddest event in post-war horse-racing.

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