Shergar, a brilliant winner of Britain’s most prestigious race, the Epsom Derby, was taken from his stable in 1983. He was ...

HE was the billionaire philanthropist that King Charles counted as a close friend – and who made the late Queen’s horse-racing dreams come true. The Aga Khan, spiritual leader to 15 million ...

The easiest Derby winner ever was his greatest triumph but the horse’s fate at the hands of the IRA haunted him ...

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, ...

Prince Karim Aga Khan, the 49th hereditary imam of the Ismaili Muslim community, has died in Lisbon, Portugal, at the age of 88.

Horse Racing Ireland paid tribute to the late Aga Khan, saying that Irish racing and breeding ‘will be forever in his debt’.

The Aga Khan was one of a golden age of owner-breeders for European racing. Along with the likes of Prince Khalid Abdullah and the Maktoum family, the Aga Khan's famous green and red silks were ...