TV preview: Channel 4 documentary recounts IRA's 1983 kidnapping of champion racehorse Shergar
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Hollie Richardson, Jack Seale, Phil Harrison, Nicole Vassell, Simon Wardell
Plain bagel done well. Pleasantly substantive.
Summary
A TV preview article about an upcoming Channel 4 documentary on the 1983 kidnapping of Shergar, the world's most valuable racehorse (worth £10m), by three IRA members in balaclavas who stole him at gunpoint and demanded a ransom. The documentary features interviews with racing insiders including commentator Derek Thompson and journalist Lissa Oliver. The article also briefly mentions the Britain's Got Talent live final airing the same evening.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledSomebody comes up with the idea that they're going to kidnap a racehorse.
In 1983, Shergar was the most valuable horse in the world, worth about £10m.
But with the IRA in need of funds, three men in balaclavas with machine guns stole him and demanded a ransom.
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