Taking Shergar: Thoroughbred Racing's Most Famous Cold Case

by Milton C Toby and Milton C. Toby

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813176239
• ISBN13: 9780813176239
• Release Date: October 2018
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up