Shergar | The Unsolved Kidnapping of a £10,000,000 Racehorse

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🗓️ 26 January 2026

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Looking at the tragic mystery of Shergar, a generational racehorse who was taken by armed men and never seen again. Support us directly: https://www.redwebpod.com A prized racehorse, an overnight kidnapping, and a ransom gone wrong. A legacy gone in the blink of an eye in the case that rocked the horse racing community forever. Today, we’re investigating Shergar, the Missing Racehorse. Sensitive topics: animal cruelty, animal death Our sponsors: Rocket Money - Go to http://rocketmoney.com/redweb to reach your financial goals faster. HelloFresh - Go to http://hellofresh.com/redweb10fm to Get 10 free meals + a FREE Zwilling Knife (a $144.99 value) on your third box while supplies last. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:21.8	A prized racehorse, an overnight kidnapping, and a ransom gone awry.
0:27.4	A legacy gone in the blink of an eye in a case that rocked the horse racing community forever.
0:33.1	Today, we're investigating Shurgar, the missing racehorse.
0:37.3	This is Red Web.
0:46.3	Welcome back, Task Force to another episode of Red Web, the podcast all about unsolved mysteries,
0:52.4	true crime, and the unknown. I am your resident mystery
0:55.9	enthusiast Trevor Collins and joining me hearing this case for the very first time, Alfredo
1:01.2	Diaz. Ooh, horse races, big money and horse races. Oh yeah, big hats too. That's true. That's the
1:08.5	whole luck. You've got to go in with a big old hat. Yeah, it's just never been something that's, that I've been like, I want to go see a horse race. You know what I mean? Yeah, you know, I feel like it would be cool in person, but I've never thought like, let go do that. And I feel like that applies to like sports. There might be a sport that you're just like, I don't care to go watch. But if you go watch in person, it's like, oh, this is a great time. You know what I mean? Sure. My hockey is one of them. I just, you know, I really follow hockey. That's a sport that I don't follow. But I know that I go to a hockey game, it's going to be a good time.
1:44.7	You know what I mean?
1:45.5	Same, you know, maybe like cricket or something like that.
1:47.4	Okay, we're cricket. You know what I mean? Yeah, but I'll go watch a game. But like, yeah. If I go there, I'm sure it would be a great time. So absolutely. Yeah, and they're just majestic creatures, horses, man. they're just smart and probably closely what a man's best friend's dog for sure.
2:03.2	Mm-hmm.
2:04.3	Of course is that. horses, man. They're just smart and probably closely, what, a man's best friend's dog, for
2:02.8	sure. Mm-hmm. Horses, I'd say, is up there, you know what I mean, in terms of just like a
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