In June that year he won the 202nd Epsom Derby by ten lengths —the longest winning margin in the race's history. Three weeks later he won the Irish Sweeps Derby by four lengths; a month after that he won the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes by four lengths.

2 days ago · Shergar’s racing career was guided by Sir Michael Stoute, who sent him out to win six of his eight races, taking the Sandown Classic Trial by 10 lengths and the Chester Vase by 12 on the way to Epsom, where he started a 10-11 chance and won in a stroll. With Swinburn suspended he was ridden by Lester Piggott to win the Irish Derby by four ...

The 1981 Epsom Derby was the 202nd annual running of the Derby horse race. It took place at Epsom Downs Racecourse on 3 June 1981. The race was won by the Aga Khan 's Shergar, at odds of 10/11 ridden by the nineteen-year-old jockey Walter Swinburn and trained at Newmarket, Suffolk by Michael Stoute. The winning margin of ten lengths was the largest in the history of the race. However, the ...

1 day ago · Shergar, a brilliant winner of Britain’s most prestigious race, the Epsom Derby, was taken from his stable in 1983. He was never seen again.

Jun 15, 2020 · It was as a three-year-old that Shergar's true ability was discovered, winning the Derby by a record-breaking 10 lengths.

2 days ago · Shergar was lionised in the racing world for the manner of his Epsom triumph under the teenage Walter Swinburn, and to this day his winning margin of 10 lengths stands as a record for a race first ...

9 hours ago · Shergar was a highly valuable animal. In 1981 he had run in six races, winning five, including the Irish Derby, King George VI, Queen Elizabeth Stakes, and at Epsom won by a record 10 lengths.

2 days ago · Shergar was the most emphatic Derby winner in the Classic’s 202-year history when he romped to a 10-length success under a 19-year-old Walter Swinburn at Epsom in June 1981.

May 23, 2011 · These are ITV live broacast pictures of the 1981 Derby but with commentary by the late, great, Peter Bromley for BBC Radio 2 & the World Service. If ever a commentator painted a picture of a...

Feb 27, 2012 · Shergar (1978 - unknown) was an acclaimed Irish racehorse, and winner of the 1981 Epsom Derby by a record 10 lengths, the longest winning margin in the race's 226-year history. This...