Being a Shergar fan, just curious: Anyone heard of a horse going for the lead in the derby at tatt corner and keeping it? Just over 2f left and he's 5-6l clear? Easiest ride Walter ever had, get up, hold on, enjoy the ride!
I was at Ian Baldings yard that year working as a stable lad and the Jockey on the second Glint of Gold (John Matthias) was famously quoted afterwards thinking he had won the race...........so far clear was Shergar
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@irishcowboy42 secretariat won the triple crown all in record time 38 years later 2 of the times have still never been bettered, his performance in the belmont was simply the greatest display by any horse anywhere. therefore you do not know what you are talking about
Great memories of a true champion. Can remember the Ladbrokes at Mill Hill laying 2 cash ( probably bankers drafts) bets of 50k at evens on the morning of the race.
The second horse Glint of Gold was another favourite of mine.
Walter was waving the whip at the horse and smacked him a few times once he was clear of the field, so that he wouldn't start to idle or veer at the end of the race. I thought you were referring to the pat on his neck right before he crossed the line when you said "smack". Sorry.
The Sunday Telegraph: "Shergar was machine gunned to death. There was blood everywhere and the horse even slipped on his own blood. There was lots of cussin' and swearin' because the horse wouldn't die. It was a very bloody death." Shergar slowly bled to death.
i love horses for the generous and wonderful creatures that they are and the demise of Shergar breaks my heart. Wishful thinking that he was turned away to grass as an anonymous horse somewhere.
I sincerely hope that the bastards who stole and subsequently killed this lovely horse rot in Hell. Shergar had the sweetest temperament and was so easy to handle. IRA scum!!!!
Why did his jockey give him the whip close to the finish, only to shut him down shortly afterwards?! He was already well clear of the pack at around 2:38 in this video, when you clearly see the jockey smack him a few times. What kind of riding is that?
@rcschumann He was idling because there were no horses with him, Kinda like Frankel in his Guineas demolition job. Shergar was beginning to slow down because he thought He'd already won. He eased him down with a couple of 100 yards to go. Magnificent specimin was Shergar and he certainly didnt deserve the end he recieved. I hope the bastards who did that to him are paying the price dearly. RIP Shergar, A memorable victory for a memorable horse...
@ASupremeOwl I see...kind of like Secretariat at the Belmont, but he kept accelerating through the wire. He sometimes liked to keep going after the finish, setting two track times or records in a race - for instance, at the Marlboro Cup, he set the world record for 1 1/8 miles, and then, with his jockey trying to shut him down, galloped out another 1/8 to set an unofficial 1 1/4 of 1:57 4/5 (!), later matched by Spectacular Bid. Shergar was great, but to me Nijinsky was the best on turf.
@rcschumann Nijinsky was a superstar. He kinda gets overlooked for someone who won a Triple Crown, Irish Derby, King George. He had it all, I do think as a 3 year old it wasn't the strongest field of horses he could have beat but Im confident in saying he would have give some of the horses rated above him by timeform more than a run for there money. Dancing Brave is the best I have ever seen though...
@ASupremeOwl Dancing Brave was phenomenal too. Both Nijinsky and Dancing Brave owe their superior genes to the great Kentucky Derby champion, Northern Dancer, who was their sire and grandsire respectively. A mighty horse that Canadian bred, and he passed his qualities on to his progeny. Regarding the Epsom Derby, why wasn't Frankel entered? He's supposed to be the best 3 yr old at the moment, and had more than enough time to recover from the Guineas. cont.
@ASupremeOwl The Derby would have had a better chance of staying in the UK if he ran. What an arrogant jockey on Pour Moi, standing up before his horse even crosses the line!
@rcschumann They had doubts about Frankel getting the trip. Hes an out and out miler but I think every 3 year old should be aimed for the Triple Crown its lost its worth I feel now. I think Mikael Barzalona in the Derby yesterday just showed a little bit of immaturity at the end. Hes a very talented jockey though I'll give him that...
@ASupremeOwl But the way Frankel finished at the Guineas tells me he would have handled the extra 1/4 mile distance. Also, for a horse to be considered great he should win over larger distances - a case in point is Sea the Stars, who ran in both Guineas and Derby. Secretariat was considered more a speed horse after he won the one mile Gotham and other shorter races, but did even better at middle distance. We'll see what Frankel does at Ascot. He should be headed to the Arc, shouldn't he?
@rcschumann Frankel will win the St James Palace stakes with ease. There isn't a single 3 year old colt about who can cope with him over a mile, His Guineas performance tells us that. I think we'll see different tactics at Ascot though. Frankel won't be aimed at the Arc, He'll probably be meeting Canford Cliffs at Goodwood in the Sussex Stakes after Ascot. If he wins there I fully expect them to have a crack at the Mile Turf at Churchill and hopefully meet Goldikova. Very interesting...
@ASupremeOwl But the Epsom Derby is a much more prestigious race, one of the best in the world, and some of the finest 3 yr olds of Europe have already run in it - which means that Frankel will be racing against left overs at the St. James. It seems to me that Frankel's connections are more interested in keeping his winning record intact, than racing him in the biggest events and against the best opposition. Again, a horse has to win at 1 1/4 or more to be considered great - STS, Nijisnky etc..
@rcschumann I wouldn't say so. Brigadier Gerard raced the majority of his races over a mile apart from his King George win and I would consider Him one of the greatest. If Henry Cecil is convinced a mile/mile quarter is Frankel's maximum then I can understand them swerving the Derby. My personal opinion is Frankel probably had it in his locker to see out the trip. If Frankel remains unbeaten and takes on the likes of Goldikova and Canford along the way then he is as special as we all think he is
@turkyish That's what i've been telling the yanks on the sea the stars--complete superstar video. Shergars races were not tight affairs, he annilated the field. These so called great horses all ran tight races. He truly was the usain bolt of horse racing.
The greatest Derby performance in history....his turn of foot here is just absolutely staggering!...Swinburn simply asks him to quicken and he leaves the rest of the field trailing in his wake...That Epsom straight still has the scorch marks on it!
@nealtracy They talk about how good Sea Bird's derby win was... but at best it is only as good as Shergar's win. How easy was he traveling on the corner? He pulls to the lead in 2nd gear and just waves them goodbye.
I would't want to crab this performance, but Glint of Gold was given a very unambitious ride. He was actually closer to Shergar at the finish than he was at any other point in the race!
@shanklypaisleyrafa He wasn't though, that's the thing. He was owned by a syndicate, the IRA thought he was owned by the Aga Khan so they could get a good ransom for him. They got fuck all, good enough for the scumbags bringing a horse into politics. Shergar was way faster than a honda civic!
@NaveedAly110 When Shergar returned to Ireland to go to stud he was syndicated for 10 million sterling, 40 shares at 250,000 each. The Aga Khan kept 6 of the shares for himself, the other 34 were sold to others. Google it.
I was 5 months old when he won this, I doubt I'll see a horse going for home over 2 furlongs out in the Derby in my lifetime again. I probably liked the pretty colours on the tv at the time though :)
'Appparently' he was brutally killed with a machine gun, slipping over on his own blood, and 'just wouldn't die' and took a long time to bleed to death. This is according to a former IRA man's story in a report. I just hope that this isn't true. His body was never found and so nothing is FACT at this point in time. Either way, a WONDERFUL horse!
I hope the scumbags who kidnapped and murdered this magical horse have died a painful and excrutiating death just like they endured on Shergar! Long live this true champion's legacy. A wonderful wonderful horse!
He won Epsom in 1981, was number 18 and was shot dead 18 months later. I still remember being 5 years old and asking my mother when was Shergar coming home?
I was at Epsom that day and I don't think I have seen such an effortless performance from a horse on the flat either before or since. A great horse and a great day boosted by the fact that I'd taken the 20/1 on offer for the Derby on the morning of Shergar's winning of the Sandown Classic Trial in the April of that year!
what a magnificent horse shergar was, any horse past or present would have a job to live with him in his prime, sea the stars was a true legend but wether he could have beaten shergar, im not so sure, timeform rate them both equaly on 140
Poor Graham Goode! His commentary was void of the excitement which Peter Bromley had in his reading of the race for BBC radio (TV coverage in the UK was limited to ITV)
What made Peter Bromley's commentary memorable were his shouts of "YOU NEED A TELESCOPE TO SEE THE REST!" and "SHERGAR IS GALLOPING THEM INTO THE GROUND!"
Shergar was a wonderful horse, I've seen many great horses in my time: Brig Gerard, Mill Reef, Troy, Nijinksy, See the Stars but in 1981 none of them would have lived with Shergar. There is a better video of this race with Michael O Hehirs commentary The further he goes, the further he is going to win by. He has took the ground and swallowed them. This is greatness, this is brilliant, this is a wonderful horse!
For some reason i cannot locate it on the internet, sad one
Sean O'Callaghan, an IRA double killer turned police double agent, used his book, The Informer, to name seven former Provos he claimed had planned and carried out the horse's kidnap.
@njpavid22 Sean O'Callaghan Schizophrenia sufferer FACT Claimed to be head of IRA southern Command(ROI) but didn't know about the biggest logistic operation the IRA ever took in ROI in shipping 100 tons of weapons from Libya haha....Go get a better source than Me,Myself and Sean O'Callaghan..You do know Sean O'Callaghan admitted to a murder he didn't commit haha News Sources know he's crazy and so do i...Nobody like Informers they tell lie's.
@TopperRocker You must be the only fool in the world that believes they (Provos) didnt kidnap Shergar, There silence of denial, says all you need to know, and dont forget the fact there was a negotiating team speaking to the provos in secret on behalf of the Insurers and owner, as confirmed by Channel 4 racing 'Tommo' who was part of that team back then in 1982 - that is a fact.
@forza fc I'm not saying the IRA didn't do it fool. Im just wiping people clean when they quote the Schizophrenia,Gay Bondage loving so-called tout O'Callaghan...Blame lies with the Multi-Billionaire owners of Shergar so fuck the horse and fuck Aga Khan IV(Fake ass royalty)
I guess it would be a good idea that if Shergar's remains are found one day, we can bury them near the winning post of Epsom Downs Racecourse, just like Red Rum at Aintree.
"Tragically, just 18 months later, Shergar fell victim to gunmen in Ireland."
One more thing. I think Shergar has probably been dead now since it has been over 30 years since he was foaled and thoroughbred horses usually can live for 30 years. Anyway, I still hope Shergar can have a better ending then being shot by those brutal gunmen!
I seem to remember someone being asked at what point did they think Shergar would win the Derby. Apparently the reply was, ' After he had won the Sandown Classic Trial'.
Totally agree with you mate.One of the slowest times, something like 10secs slower than Troys time.But I do think he was an exceptionally good horse in a poor year and he could only beat what was put in front of him after all.
This is the Derby you are not supposed to win by that kind of margin. He made other good horses look like complete chumps
fucking gutless cunts whoever you gunmen are rot in hell!!!!!!!! What did he do to you?
Perhaps the thick bastards put a heavy wager on the second place horse & instead of saluting the winner decided to retaliate. Who knows? The facts are they are chicken shit lowlife cunts & always will be.
I vaguely remember hearing about a guy called Peter Bromley who commentated on this race for BBC radio and he came out with something like "Shergar wins the Derby-you need a telescope to see the rest"
I like your word "bastardry" ! i agree totally though.
without entering the political side of things! i will say that the people who committed this crime were complete thick, moronic arseholes and i hope they rot in hell! Shergar was a horse with a lovely temperament and would have been an amazing stallion.
His loss is still felt today! The thick bastards that took him should be man enough to come forward now and disclose his whereabouts, but they weren't MEN to start with were they!
shergar was a fantastic horse , but i have never seen a better one than sea the stars, and they, along with nijinsky, dancing brave, seabird etc, etc, prove that you dont have to stay in training to be regarded a legend..!!
this is about a horse loved by everyone , this is the twenty first century we all have an axe to grind ,in the past , lets move on and enjoy these sublime animals together
we are all agreed totally that the ira are scum but lets remember this wonderful horse for what he achieved on the racecourse and not waste any more time on them
well ur probably british so your history books wont refer to all the murders you committed around the world from america,india,australia pakistan and china etc. your history books will say it was a famine but a country that has so many resources like ireland does cannot have a famine.
Recent academic research by IRISH historians uncovered the fact that British landlords in Ireland during the famine in fact did help the starving and were not shipping the food out of the country. Try putting your predjudice aside and do some research.
you do some research you dumb fuck, where was all the fish,poultry,beef,wheat,grain,pork and i could keep going. all that food was taking out of ireland by the british in huge toones and they were left with nothing but one crap crop to live off. go look for records of the manifests of those ships,but you wont find them(destroyed by the british govt.)you mf's never own up to any shit ye do. one of the biggets tyrants in history
wibbley i understand, but when you have british people who never admit how bad their country's tyrany was in previous times,it is hard. after all, everyone expect germans to be ashamed about what they have done in . the british still have this aristocratic attitude
I'd just like to say that most English people, myself included, are thoroughly ashamed of many of their governments past (and present) actions - but would like to point out that some English people suffered as much at the hands of their aristocratic overlords as the Irish - (the poor never get a say in anything - its the nobilty that made the stupid decisions) - I think you have a wonderful and beautiful country and I truly hope to visit it someday - peace and goodwill.
how come britian never suffered a famine in the same period of time. were ye just eating one crop.and to say the british landlords helped,lmfao. the land was owned by those people before it was forcefully taken from them and you want irish people to thank them. what a typical ignorant ponce you are
I'd just like to say that most English people, myself included, are thoroughly ashamed of many of their governments past (and present) actions - but would like to point out that some English people suffered as much at the hands of their aristocratic overlords as the Irish - (the poor never get a say in anything - its the nobilty that made the stupid decisions) - I think you have a wonderful and beautiful country and I truly hope to visit it someday - peace and goodwill.
ur talking maybe about a few landlords who felt guilty about been giving the land that was forced from the rightful owners. since when are a few landlords the british government and you tell me i have to do research. do you even what predjudice is, how am i. these are facts, how many died, who caused it,what were the reasons.
Spectacular. We all know the rest - although we don't know what really happened. He must be one of the best flat horses of all time, surely, and not just because so many people feel sorry for him.
even allowing for the opposition and going towin the derby that easily being slowed down is incredible sea bird is the only other to consider as the best derby winners both are legends
@jennaluvshorses You cant possibly have heard that he died. he was kidnaped, the thieves were never found or the corpe. There is a theory that IRA kinaped the horse and then killed him. But was never said that he was truly dead.
What a wonderful horse. A 10 length win in the Derby. And pulling away at the end. going uphill too . The first horse I ever owned was a grandson of Shergar. Through his son Shergars Best.
He was (allegedly) kidnapped at gunpoint by the IRA as part of their campaign to raise funds. The owners refused to pay, fearing it would spark a trend of kidnapping horses (being relatively easy targets compared to human), but by then he was apparently already dead anyway, as the kidnappers were ill equipped to cope with a feisty horse and allegedly shot him. A very sad and ultimately pointless waste of a supremely gifted horse.
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watchingponies 3 weeks ago
Being a Shergar fan, just curious: Anyone heard of a horse going for the lead in the derby at tatt corner and keeping it? Just over 2f left and he's 5-6l clear? Easiest ride Walter ever had, get up, hold on, enjoy the ride!
dubcindub15 4 weeks ago
I was at Ian Baldings yard that year working as a stable lad and the Jockey on the second Glint of Gold (John Matthias) was famously quoted afterwards thinking he had won the race...........so far clear was Shergar
SuperLongshotKing 2 months ago
At 2:04 he just took off into huge speed!
Meegsiiee 3 months ago
What was his max speed at 2.10
Answer 67.56km/hr on grass.........
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@MIKE21071964 speed at 2.18 by any chance? Imo he's in full sprint/run-like-the-cops-are-chasing mode right there
dubcindub15 4 weeks ago
What was his max speed at 2.10 ?
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that is incredible!
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romeojew 3 months ago
Very bad commentary. No sense of anything special happening.
xdalleman79 5 months ago
@irishcowboy42 secretariat won the triple crown all in record time 38 years later 2 of the times have still never been bettered, his performance in the belmont was simply the greatest display by any horse anywhere. therefore you do not know what you are talking about
MyAnastasi 5 months ago
I hope the ira men who did get raped violently every night
olimillz9 5 months ago
Amazing brings a massive smile to my face!
good2form 5 months ago
He is the Zenyatta or secretariat of turf racing I loved him solo much it's sad his tragic ending
passsword95 5 months ago
Great memories of a true champion. Can remember the Ladbrokes at Mill Hill laying 2 cash ( probably bankers drafts) bets of 50k at evens on the morning of the race.
The second horse Glint of Gold was another favourite of mine.
TheHendonKissArmy 5 months ago
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You were saying.....
birdyboy1961 6 months ago
haha 1 dislike in 109 grand. not bad
RIXLAZZZ 6 months ago
0:19 is quite good..
harrysboy 7 months ago
sea the stars,shergar, are 2nd raters compared to the greatest racehorse who has ever lived SECRETARIAT is incomparable
MyAnastasi 7 months ago
@MyAnastasi You never haerd of Arkle.
Hilarion1771 5 months ago
@MyAnastasi You are taiking nonsense mate... 2 continents and 2 different levels of racing i.e turf/dirt etc. The 3 of them were great champions.
irishcowboy42 5 months ago
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Secretariat would have been burned if he had to race Shergar
ShinyMetalSpurs 5 months ago
frankel is overated. Will lose his next race.
thewelly1973 7 months ago
Walter was waving the whip at the horse and smacked him a few times once he was clear of the field, so that he wouldn't start to idle or veer at the end of the race. I thought you were referring to the pat on his neck right before he crossed the line when you said "smack". Sorry.
BigGreyEyes1 7 months ago
Shergar was the best there's ever been, no horse could have beaten him over this trip from any era.
SolihullPhil 7 months ago
its hard to imagine any horse even those with a turn of foot living with shergar that day
Mr75littlebay 7 months ago
okay, the ira fed him carrots and polos till he died peacefully aged 34
drofheim 8 months ago
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drofheim 8 months ago
The Sunday Telegraph: "Shergar was machine gunned to death. There was blood everywhere and the horse even slipped on his own blood. There was lots of cussin' and swearin' because the horse wouldn't die. It was a very bloody death." Shergar slowly bled to death.
drofheim 8 months ago
If it was in the Sunday Telegraph, it must be true (!)
ammypam 8 months ago
i love horses for the generous and wonderful creatures that they are and the demise of Shergar breaks my heart. Wishful thinking that he was turned away to grass as an anonymous horse somewhere.
rohansrider 8 months ago
I sincerely hope that the bastards who stole and subsequently killed this lovely horse rot in Hell. Shergar had the sweetest temperament and was so easy to handle. IRA scum!!!!
rohansrider 8 months ago
Why did his jockey give him the whip close to the finish, only to shut him down shortly afterwards?! He was already well clear of the pack at around 2:38 in this video, when you clearly see the jockey smack him a few times. What kind of riding is that?
rcschumann 8 months ago
@rcschumann He was idling because there were no horses with him, Kinda like Frankel in his Guineas demolition job. Shergar was beginning to slow down because he thought He'd already won. He eased him down with a couple of 100 yards to go. Magnificent specimin was Shergar and he certainly didnt deserve the end he recieved. I hope the bastards who did that to him are paying the price dearly. RIP Shergar, A memorable victory for a memorable horse...
ASupremeOwl 8 months ago
@ASupremeOwl I see...kind of like Secretariat at the Belmont, but he kept accelerating through the wire. He sometimes liked to keep going after the finish, setting two track times or records in a race - for instance, at the Marlboro Cup, he set the world record for 1 1/8 miles, and then, with his jockey trying to shut him down, galloped out another 1/8 to set an unofficial 1 1/4 of 1:57 4/5 (!), later matched by Spectacular Bid. Shergar was great, but to me Nijinsky was the best on turf.
rcschumann 7 months ago
@rcschumann Nijinsky was a superstar. He kinda gets overlooked for someone who won a Triple Crown, Irish Derby, King George. He had it all, I do think as a 3 year old it wasn't the strongest field of horses he could have beat but Im confident in saying he would have give some of the horses rated above him by timeform more than a run for there money. Dancing Brave is the best I have ever seen though...
ASupremeOwl 7 months ago
@ASupremeOwl Dancing Brave was phenomenal too. Both Nijinsky and Dancing Brave owe their superior genes to the great Kentucky Derby champion, Northern Dancer, who was their sire and grandsire respectively. A mighty horse that Canadian bred, and he passed his qualities on to his progeny. Regarding the Epsom Derby, why wasn't Frankel entered? He's supposed to be the best 3 yr old at the moment, and had more than enough time to recover from the Guineas. cont.
rcschumann 7 months ago
@ASupremeOwl The Derby would have had a better chance of staying in the UK if he ran. What an arrogant jockey on Pour Moi, standing up before his horse even crosses the line!
rcschumann 7 months ago
@rcschumann They had doubts about Frankel getting the trip. Hes an out and out miler but I think every 3 year old should be aimed for the Triple Crown its lost its worth I feel now. I think Mikael Barzalona in the Derby yesterday just showed a little bit of immaturity at the end. Hes a very talented jockey though I'll give him that...
ASupremeOwl 7 months ago
@ASupremeOwl But the way Frankel finished at the Guineas tells me he would have handled the extra 1/4 mile distance. Also, for a horse to be considered great he should win over larger distances - a case in point is Sea the Stars, who ran in both Guineas and Derby. Secretariat was considered more a speed horse after he won the one mile Gotham and other shorter races, but did even better at middle distance. We'll see what Frankel does at Ascot. He should be headed to the Arc, shouldn't he?
rcschumann 7 months ago
@rcschumann Frankel will win the St James Palace stakes with ease. There isn't a single 3 year old colt about who can cope with him over a mile, His Guineas performance tells us that. I think we'll see different tactics at Ascot though. Frankel won't be aimed at the Arc, He'll probably be meeting Canford Cliffs at Goodwood in the Sussex Stakes after Ascot. If he wins there I fully expect them to have a crack at the Mile Turf at Churchill and hopefully meet Goldikova. Very interesting...
ASupremeOwl 7 months ago
@ASupremeOwl But the Epsom Derby is a much more prestigious race, one of the best in the world, and some of the finest 3 yr olds of Europe have already run in it - which means that Frankel will be racing against left overs at the St. James. It seems to me that Frankel's connections are more interested in keeping his winning record intact, than racing him in the biggest events and against the best opposition. Again, a horse has to win at 1 1/4 or more to be considered great - STS, Nijisnky etc..
rcschumann 7 months ago
@rcschumann I wouldn't say so. Brigadier Gerard raced the majority of his races over a mile apart from his King George win and I would consider Him one of the greatest. If Henry Cecil is convinced a mile/mile quarter is Frankel's maximum then I can understand them swerving the Derby. My personal opinion is Frankel probably had it in his locker to see out the trip. If Frankel remains unbeaten and takes on the likes of Goldikova and Canford along the way then he is as special as we all think he is
ASupremeOwl 7 months ago
@rcschumann Walter was giving him a pat on the neck...not using the whip. Open your eyes before making a comment.
BigGreyEyes1 7 months ago
@BigGreyEyes1 No, he gave him a few whips and THEN he gave him a pat on the neck. YOU open your eyes.
rcschumann 7 months ago
1981 was an incredible year for sport so many superstars :}
littlebay75 9 months ago
I used to work with this Irish guy who went very quiet every time the name 'Shergar' was mentioned- not sure whether it was guilt or not...
SuperTruth77 9 months ago
I always get chills in my spine when I see him getting away from the rest of the horses. Truly remarkable.
ansionnachcliste 9 months ago
tupac's riding in the national in the sky the boss up there's the bookie
DAJAZDJ1 10 months ago
get to bookies and get yo house on shergar it just might win
DAJAZDJ1 10 months ago
the usain bolt of horse racing,
turkyish 10 months ago 6
@turkyish That's what i've been telling the yanks on the sea the stars--complete superstar video. Shergars races were not tight affairs, he annilated the field. These so called great horses all ran tight races. He truly was the usain bolt of horse racing.
doire7 8 months ago
i love that volvo flying around the corner..
benalchemist74 11 months ago
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Thank you for posting! It is a tragic matter that Shergar was kiddnapped and has never feen found, even his remains!
myfrobert 11 months ago
What a fantastic horse. Best I've seen. So sad what happened to him. Hope thy find his remains someday. love watching this video
Rachgra05 11 months ago 2
DID SHERGAR AND RED RUM EVER RACE IN THE SAME RACE
DAJAZDJ1 11 months ago
@DAJAZDJ1 lol, that made me laugh
TheEnglandWC 10 months ago
@DAJAZDJ1 ur an idiot
TH3COMMUNISTC4T 10 months ago
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Shergar and Red Rum didn't race together. Red Rum was a steeplechaser and Shergar a sprinter so neither could race against each other.
ShinyMetalSpurs 5 months ago
The greatest Derby performance in history....his turn of foot here is just absolutely staggering!...Swinburn simply asks him to quicken and he leaves the rest of the field trailing in his wake...That Epsom straight still has the scorch marks on it!
nealtracy 1 year ago 14
@nealtracy They talk about how good Sea Bird's derby win was... but at best it is only as good as Shergar's win. How easy was he traveling on the corner? He pulls to the lead in 2nd gear and just waves them goodbye.
bgardiner2000 8 months ago
my horse's granddad was 2nd in this :D amazing to watch.
premuimbond 1 year ago
@premuimbond yeah my grandad was 1st
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xxequineluvrxx 1 year ago
I would't want to crab this performance, but Glint of Gold was given a very unambitious ride. He was actually closer to Shergar at the finish than he was at any other point in the race!
tigerboy1966 1 year ago
@tigerboy1966 He would never had caught Shergar even if Shergar had the rest of the field on his back...
ASupremeOwl 8 months ago
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He was owned by an Arab so why did they do that?
shanklypaisleyrafa 1 year ago
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He was owned by an Arab so why did the the Irish do that?
shanklypaisleyrafa 1 year ago
He was owned by an Arab. So why did the IRA do that?
shanklypaisleyrafa 1 year ago
@shanklypaisleyrafa He wasn't though, that's the thing. He was owned by a syndicate, the IRA thought he was owned by the Aga Khan so they could get a good ransom for him. They got fuck all, good enough for the scumbags bringing a horse into politics. Shergar was way faster than a honda civic!
dubcindub15 1 year ago 2
@dubcindub15 Sorry sir But shergar was owned by AGA KHAN google it
NaveedAly110 1 year ago
@NaveedAly110 When Shergar returned to Ireland to go to stud he was syndicated for 10 million sterling, 40 shares at 250,000 each. The Aga Khan kept 6 of the shares for himself, the other 34 were sold to others. Google it.
dubcindub15 1 year ago
Wow. Too bad we will NEVER know the truth about what happened to him. RIP Shergar
edgeacebeaglebrady 1 year ago 2
What happened to him was one of the sickest acts ever committed.
How can you do that to such a beautiful animal? they could have let him go free and fled the scene, at least he would not have got hurt.
Fucking disgusting scumbags.
forsoup 1 year ago 2
I love that horse so much. He is a fantastic turf horse, one of the best for sure. It makes me cry when I think about what happened to him. :(
BlackHorse0688 1 year ago 2
i think someone is in denial and its guns not gones lol
littlebay75 1 year ago
i think someone is in denial
littlebay75 1 year ago
my grandad followed racing since the nineteen thirties and he said shergar and dancing brave were the best he had seen
littlebay75 1 year ago 5
Its a funny old game gambling on the horse racing, you win one day and lose the next, this is why I only back a horse every other day.
Carbon657 1 year ago 2
Fantastic horse and race.One of the best horse.
How cruel idiots ruined by injury.
67PIPI 1 year ago
The i.r.a are just a bunch of dirty slime bags. That they may all rot in hell.
Jakers97 1 year ago 2
THE I.R.A ARE JUST A BUNCH SLIME DIRT BAGS
Jakers97 1 year ago 2
It was a sad state of affairs for one of the best horses of all time !!
MrRacing4cash 1 year ago
i wish we could remember shergar for his racing brilliance alone, the ira arent worth the time it takes to mention them
littlebay75 1 year ago
@littlebay75 ...i think that you'll find it was a gang of crooks not the PIRA... just cos they had gones does not automatically make them PIRA...!!!
25yearsgone 1 year ago
I was 5 months old when he won this, I doubt I'll see a horse going for home over 2 furlongs out in the Derby in my lifetime again. I probably liked the pretty colours on the tv at the time though :)
dubcindub15 1 year ago
'Appparently' he was brutally killed with a machine gun, slipping over on his own blood, and 'just wouldn't die' and took a long time to bleed to death. This is according to a former IRA man's story in a report. I just hope that this isn't true. His body was never found and so nothing is FACT at this point in time. Either way, a WONDERFUL horse!
kellyfortune 1 year ago
@kellyfortune they should shoot all bastards who would do that to a horse or any animal. We are too forgiving of evil people.
DLPBurke 1 year ago 2
An outstanding horse
brianclough 1 year ago
Amazing
Diddlymootmutt 1 year ago
I hope the scumbags who kidnapped and murdered this magical horse have died a painful and excrutiating death just like they endured on Shergar! Long live this true champion's legacy. A wonderful wonderful horse!
RIP Shergar the greatest of the greatest
ASupremeOwl 1 year ago 3
@ASupremeOwl Calling them scumbags is an insult to scumbags. What pathetic wastes of oxygen.
Venckman 1 year ago
He won Epsom in 1981, was number 18 and was shot dead 18 months later. I still remember being 5 years old and asking my mother when was Shergar coming home?
orbandsceptre27 1 year ago
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portugal81 1 year ago
wow... my horses damsire came 2nd to him in this (glint of gold!) no wonder he can move.
premuimbond 1 year ago
why dont we all just enjoy the memory of this beautiful racehorse, the scum that killed him and worth our time folks
littlebay75 1 year ago 2
I was at Epsom that day and I don't think I have seen such an effortless performance from a horse on the flat either before or since. A great horse and a great day boosted by the fact that I'd taken the 20/1 on offer for the Derby on the morning of Shergar's winning of the Sandown Classic Trial in the April of that year!
madgewildfire 1 year ago
The most dominant horse ever
Ali74 1 year ago
what a magnificent horse shergar was, any horse past or present would have a job to live with him in his prime, sea the stars was a true legend but wether he could have beaten shergar, im not so sure, timeform rate them both equaly on 140
MANUTD4LIFE171 1 year ago
Poor Graham Goode! His commentary was void of the excitement which Peter Bromley had in his reading of the race for BBC radio (TV coverage in the UK was limited to ITV)
What made Peter Bromley's commentary memorable were his shouts of "YOU NEED A TELESCOPE TO SEE THE REST!" and "SHERGAR IS GALLOPING THEM INTO THE GROUND!"
cbak12sg 1 year ago
What a horse!
rastikal 1 year ago
Shergar was a wonderful horse, I've seen many great horses in my time: Brig Gerard, Mill Reef, Troy, Nijinksy, See the Stars but in 1981 none of them would have lived with Shergar. There is a better video of this race with Michael O Hehirs commentary The further he goes, the further he is going to win by. He has took the ground and swallowed them. This is greatness, this is brilliant, this is a wonderful horse!
For some reason i cannot locate it on the internet, sad one
TheThefish11 1 year ago
Such an absolute tragedy what the IRA did to this colt, cutting his life drastically short. Such talent, and such a waste. IMO.
GBeret83 1 year ago 2
@GBeret83 Where's your Evidence the IRA kidnapped this horse??
TopperRocker 1 year ago
@TopperRocker
I'm not GBeret83 but here's a tidbit for you....
Sean O'Callaghan, an IRA double killer turned police double agent, used his book, The Informer, to name seven former Provos he claimed had planned and carried out the horse's kidnap.
njpavid22 1 year ago
@njpavid22 Sean O'Callaghan Schizophrenia sufferer FACT Claimed to be head of IRA southern Command(ROI) but didn't know about the biggest logistic operation the IRA ever took in ROI in shipping 100 tons of weapons from Libya haha....Go get a better source than Me,Myself and Sean O'Callaghan..You do know Sean O'Callaghan admitted to a murder he didn't commit haha News Sources know he's crazy and so do i...Nobody like Informers they tell lie's.
Bye Bye.
TopperRocker 1 year ago
@TopperRocker You must be the only fool in the world that believes they (Provos) didnt kidnap Shergar, There silence of denial, says all you need to know, and dont forget the fact there was a negotiating team speaking to the provos in secret on behalf of the Insurers and owner, as confirmed by Channel 4 racing 'Tommo' who was part of that team back then in 1982 - that is a fact.
forzacfc 1 year ago
@forza fc I'm not saying the IRA didn't do it fool. Im just wiping people clean when they quote the Schizophrenia,Gay Bondage loving so-called tout O'Callaghan...Blame lies with the Multi-Billionaire owners of Shergar so fuck the horse and fuck Aga Khan IV(Fake ass royalty)
TopperRocker 1 year ago
@TopperRocker the aga khan may have a royal lifestyle but he is actually someone like a pope
tube4625 1 year ago
@tube4625 fuck the pope...Oh' i see you looked at my page profile and saw all the Irish shit and you assumed i was a catholic haha
TopperRocker 1 year ago
Not as good as Troy's Epsom performance, Troy beat a far stronger field.
5overlord 1 year ago
I'm not a Horse Racing fan, but what a horse Shergar was.......very, very special.
RIP
49ersruleok 1 year ago
I guess it would be a good idea that if Shergar's remains are found one day, we can bury them near the winning post of Epsom Downs Racecourse, just like Red Rum at Aintree.
myfrobert 1 year ago
"Tragically, just 18 months later, Shergar fell victim to gunmen in Ireland."
One more thing. I think Shergar has probably been dead now since it has been over 30 years since he was foaled and thoroughbred horses usually can live for 30 years. Anyway, I still hope Shergar can have a better ending then being shot by those brutal gunmen!
myfrobert 2 years ago
wasnt he kidnapped?? :(
poor guy :,(
horse12301 2 years ago
i have a movie about him but... he was a steeple chaser haha :p
but its sad how almost all gud racehorses get murded :[
fluroyellowpants 2 years ago
sea the stars is a better horse
dnjljjess 2 years ago
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myfrobert 2 years ago
I seem to remember someone being asked at what point did they think Shergar would win the Derby. Apparently the reply was, ' After he had won the Sandown Classic Trial'.
tarqogan 2 years ago
The field is already completely strung out approaching Tattenham Corner, which kind of indicates how weak a field it was.
5overlord 2 years ago
Totally agree with you mate.One of the slowest times, something like 10secs slower than Troys time.But I do think he was an exceptionally good horse in a poor year and he could only beat what was put in front of him after all.
frankschlanker 2 years ago
Totally OT in a way, but did they really have a car racing away behind the horses on the track itself?
Pippin76 2 years ago
What a beauty what a superstar horse he was!
This is the Derby you are not supposed to win by that kind of margin. He made other good horses look like complete chumps
fucking gutless cunts whoever you gunmen are rot in hell!!!!!!!! What did he do to you?
Perhaps the thick bastards put a heavy wager on the second place horse & instead of saluting the winner decided to retaliate. Who knows? The facts are they are chicken shit lowlife cunts & always will be.
gre812u 2 years ago
I think you've got it just about spot on,gre812u.
tarqogan 2 years ago
waht a horse wouldnt even say he had to hit him to win irish are good at a few things and horses are
spud4121987 2 years ago
I vaguely remember hearing about a guy called Peter Bromley who commentated on this race for BBC radio and he came out with something like "Shergar wins the Derby-you need a telescope to see the rest"
sjc14031974 2 years ago
What a great horse. He could have been anything. I think it was a rain affected track that year, and he handled it well.
His theft and destruction was one of the most dispicable acts of bastardry ever committed in racing.
SvendBosanvovski 2 years ago 34
Totally agree svend,cowardly fucking scum!
marmaduke9 2 years ago
I like your word "bastardry" ! i agree totally though.
without entering the political side of things! i will say that the people who committed this crime were complete thick, moronic arseholes and i hope they rot in hell! Shergar was a horse with a lovely temperament and would have been an amazing stallion.
His loss is still felt today! The thick bastards that took him should be man enough to come forward now and disclose his whereabouts, but they weren't MEN to start with were they!
shaffi1 2 years ago 3
shergar was a fantastic horse , but i have never seen a better one than sea the stars, and they, along with nijinsky, dancing brave, seabird etc, etc, prove that you dont have to stay in training to be regarded a legend..!!
littlebay75 2 years ago
RIP gorgeous boy where ever you are.
What a champion. Didnt even need to be ridden home to win that one :)
iqreevo 2 years ago
here's a question,shergar or sea the stars ? true class or no competition ?
5big1s 2 years ago
he was eased up and patted on the neck and still won by a record ten lengths......
littlebay75 2 years ago
Cant remember a Derby field so strung out turning into the straight . Looked like a Chelt Festival race !
arkle73 2 years ago
this is about a horse loved by everyone , this is the twenty first century we all have an axe to grind ,in the past , lets move on and enjoy these sublime animals together
littlebay75 2 years ago
absolutely unforgettable
herberto2 2 years ago
we are all agreed totally that the ira are scum but lets remember this wonderful horse for what he achieved on the racecourse and not waste any more time on them
littlebay75 2 years ago
yes the current IRA are scum,not the ones who fought british murders when irelands population went from 8.5million to 4.5million
green1773 2 years ago
uff uda uvf are also scum
kopkingstevie 2 years ago
yeah cause the north ended up the way it did cause the IRA ? suure kid
metallica0019 2 years ago
What the British murdered 4 million Irish?
darkarts59 2 years ago
well ur probably british so your history books wont refer to all the murders you committed around the world from america,india,australia pakistan and china etc. your history books will say it was a famine but a country that has so many resources like ireland does cannot have a famine.
green1773 2 years ago
@green1773
Recent academic research by IRISH historians uncovered the fact that British landlords in Ireland during the famine in fact did help the starving and were not shipping the food out of the country. Try putting your predjudice aside and do some research.
darkarts59 2 years ago
you do some research you dumb fuck, where was all the fish,poultry,beef,wheat,grain,pork and i could keep going. all that food was taking out of ireland by the british in huge toones and they were left with nothing but one crap crop to live off. go look for records of the manifests of those ships,but you wont find them(destroyed by the british govt.)you mf's never own up to any shit ye do. one of the biggets tyrants in history
green1773 2 years ago
why are you arguing about this? jeez comment on the video about the horse instead of arguing about the british and the irish -_-
xWibbleywobbleyx 2 years ago
wibbley i understand, but when you have british people who never admit how bad their country's tyrany was in previous times,it is hard. after all, everyone expect germans to be ashamed about what they have done in . the british still have this aristocratic attitude
green1773 2 years ago
I'd just like to say that most English people, myself included, are thoroughly ashamed of many of their governments past (and present) actions - but would like to point out that some English people suffered as much at the hands of their aristocratic overlords as the Irish - (the poor never get a say in anything - its the nobilty that made the stupid decisions) - I think you have a wonderful and beautiful country and I truly hope to visit it someday - peace and goodwill.
KTWanPinkF 1 year ago 2
how come britian never suffered a famine in the same period of time. were ye just eating one crop.and to say the british landlords helped,lmfao. the land was owned by those people before it was forcefully taken from them and you want irish people to thank them. what a typical ignorant ponce you are
green1773 2 years ago
UVF - Simply the best!!
bigderekkeene 2 years ago
lol, a bunch of drug dealers and racists. mf's dont know how to fight. dumb fucks killed each other.lmfao.
green1773 2 years ago
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I'd just like to say that most English people, myself included, are thoroughly ashamed of many of their governments past (and present) actions - but would like to point out that some English people suffered as much at the hands of their aristocratic overlords as the Irish - (the poor never get a say in anything - its the nobilty that made the stupid decisions) - I think you have a wonderful and beautiful country and I truly hope to visit it someday - peace and goodwill.
KTWanPinkF 1 year ago
ur talking maybe about a few landlords who felt guilty about been giving the land that was forced from the rightful owners. since when are a few landlords the british government and you tell me i have to do research. do you even what predjudice is, how am i. these are facts, how many died, who caused it,what were the reasons.
green1773 2 years ago
Machine gunned to death in a remote barn in Ireland and bled to death in agony.
innit27 2 years ago
Spectacular. We all know the rest - although we don't know what really happened. He must be one of the best flat horses of all time, surely, and not just because so many people feel sorry for him.
zarakhast 2 years ago
even allowing for the opposition and going towin the derby that easily being slowed down is incredible sea bird is the only other to consider as the best derby winners both are legends
littlebay75 2 years ago
must say his performance in the king george against the older horse was possibly even more impressive..
johngilly28 2 years ago
That last straight is so tough at Epsom...
And he just walks away...
I remember him from when i was a boy.
Yup even in the US and The Netherlands Shergar is famous. Great upload Vegas.
blisscanbebeautiful 2 years ago
I love that horse! I cried when I found out how he died! Poor Shergar! I <3 u!!
jennaluvshorses 2 years ago 14
@jennaluvshorses You cant possibly have heard that he died. he was kidnaped, the thieves were never found or the corpe. There is a theory that IRA kinaped the horse and then killed him. But was never said that he was truly dead.
OShining 1 year ago
@OShining Shergar was machined gunned to death, also the horse died in extreme pain and kept on slipping when getting killed.
drofheim 8 months ago
@drofheim I thought he was stolen and they didn't know what happened to him?
NoraPieterse 8 months ago
@drofheim I think we get the point you clown..
ASupremeOwl 8 months ago
What a wonderful horse. A 10 length win in the Derby. And pulling away at the end. going uphill too . The first horse I ever owned was a grandson of Shergar. Through his son Shergars Best.
winnie142 2 years ago
Great view of that ladies knickers at the start.
ruberyb45 2 years ago
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arosebyanyotheramen 2 years ago
Beautiful!
arosebyanyotheramen 2 years ago
couldn't have put it better meself tassiered
MarkGoodwin09 2 years ago
rip shergar-burried somrwhere in the back arse of leitrim!
zebrahead32 2 years ago 2
the golden age of racing
guffley 2 years ago
great horse with a sad history...
crisbio28 2 years ago 3
this horse is seriously the defenition of awsome!
vixitrixalina 2 years ago 2
who's crotch shot was that at the beginning after princess dianna? That was hot....lol
DonnyT3324 2 years ago
He was (allegedly) kidnapped at gunpoint by the IRA as part of their campaign to raise funds. The owners refused to pay, fearing it would spark a trend of kidnapping horses (being relatively easy targets compared to human), but by then he was apparently already dead anyway, as the kidnappers were ill equipped to cope with a feisty horse and allegedly shot him. A very sad and ultimately pointless waste of a supremely gifted horse.
tassiered 2 years ago 4
well said
makadeni 2 years ago
can someone please tell me the whole story of what happened to this horse...thank you.
bakhsh2 2 years ago
Truly magnificent.
21shergar 2 years ago 2
I was born in 1981 and it is a privilege to see the greatest flat horse ever.
uhegbu 2 years ago