Shergar was shot—author
NZPA-PA London The Irish Republican Army shot the Derby winner, Shergar, only four days after stealing the horse when they realised their £2 million ($5.3 million) ransom demand would not be met. The Irish Government buried the truth to protect its bloodstock and breeding industry from chaos and collapse, it is claimed in a book to be published in April. Even the Irish police played along, allowing the search to continue although they knew the horse was dead.
In “The Shergar Mystery,” Roy David, aged 39, of Liverpool, a former racing and crime journalist, claims there is absolute proof that the I.R.A.
was responsible for the kidnap. It thought the Aga Khan and shareholders in the £lO million ($26.5 million) stallion would pay up quickly. A gang of eight—not six as previously thought—took Shergar from the Ballymany stud in Kildare in February, 1983, as the breeding season was about to start, the book says.
They knew the horse was set to earn his share holders £3.5 million ($9.27 million) gross, serving 55 mares that season at £70,000 ($185,500) a cover.
The author said he obtained transcripts of 11 telephone conversations between the I.R.A. and the Paris-based negotiator for the Aga Khan and his syndicate.
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Press, 11 February 1986, Page 32
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