The Sports Agents

Who Kidnapped Shergar? The Mystery of the World’s Most Famous Racehorse - How It All Played Out


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Join us to uncover a mystery that's still yet to be solved. 

We're revisiting this episode of How It All Played Out, where Mark Pougatch and Paul Hayward travelled to the home of Head Groom Jim Fitzgerald on a stormy night in County Kildare in the Republic of Ireland to investigate one of the most shocking stories from the 1980s: the kidnapping of prize racehorse Shergar. 

This story involves the IRA, a ransom of £2 million and masked kidnappers with submachine guns, so travel back in time with us to explore a bizarre sporting story like no other.

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