“The ending will never spoil the memories..”
The 25th anniversary of the kidnapping, and subsequent disappearing, of the champion racehorse Shergar in 1983 sees a number of articles about those events. Jockey Walter Swinburn reminisces here and, after a brief introduction of some the wilder conspiracy theories, there’s one of the more thorough accounts here. UTV’s Ivan Little also reports below – including on what “one veteran republican” had to say about the sanctioning, or otherwise, of “a spectacular own goal.”
Sorry Pete – but what’s the problem with 6 nations stuff?
Dewi,
admittedly 3 or 4 years back but I can remember a Heineken cup commentary on RTE along the lines of “and they are almost over the try line.. and we’re off to Lepoardstown for the 3.30.
Horses always take precedence – as we’re probably the best horse racing country in the world.
Cracking Irish team for tomorrow – unfortunately still wont be anyway good enough.
Strange that Wales appointed Jimmy Savill as defence coach – though he does seem to know what he’s doing.
That was the time of the supergrass “trials”. The rumor was that Shergar when is search of his own super grass. LOL
‘My horse my horse my republic for a horse ‘
doesn’t quite have the same ring to it .
Wales will hammer Scotland and Ireland will pip France in a nail biting finish . Trimble in the centre with O’Driscoll will make a difference -O’Hara is in form and Heaslip and Jackman will be anxious to do well’