SHERGAR - how thick am I....

DebbieCG said:
hmm, reaction then and the lasting impact would say differently
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It's a racehorse, in the grand scheme of the troubles it was absolutely not the worst thing that happened - thousands of innocent humans were killed, but for some odd reason most people are more aware of Shergar than Thomas n - undergroundoli I remember that thread and I felt the same as you.
 
RunToEarth said:
It's a racehorse, in the grand scheme of the troubles it was absolutely not the worst thing that happened - thousands of innocent humans were killed, but for some odd reason most people are more aware of Shergar than Thomas n - undergroundoli I remember that thread and I felt the same as you.
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Omg so sad just read that his (Thomas n) wife and BOTH his daughters committed suicide after his death, that's awful
 
"It's a racehorse, in the grand scheme of the troubles it was absolutely not the worst thing that happened". Of course.

But this is a horse/equine forum and this topic is about Shergar.

News (and the fact it's still imprinted on a nation's psyche), history (and to some extent worldwide sentiment) would show us somewhat otherwise:
'The kidnappers had also failed to anticipate the reaction of the people of Ireland - a horse-loving nation - to Shergar's abduction.'
 
RunToEarth said:
Perhaps you should read up on the other troubles which occurred during that time - as tragic as Shergar was, there were countless individuals murdered in the troubles.
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Just what I was thinking. And many of the casualties died a much worse death than a swift bullet to the head. We should also remember that there were 2 sides in the troubles - both committing atrocities.
 
Telegraph article from 2008: The truth about Shergar racehorse kidnapping

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1576718/The-truth-about-Shergar-racehorse-kidnapping.html

Extract:
'What happened next is not for the fainthearted. Those who looked after and rode Shergar agree that he was one of the kindest, gentlest racehorses ever to grace the racetrack. By the evening of the fourth day, although distressed by his new surroundings, he was not badly injured, as O'Callaghan had thought.

The source said that the two handlers, one clutching a machine gun, went into the remote stable where the horse was being held and opened fire. "Shergar was machine gunned to death. There was blood everywhere and the horse even slipped on his own blood. There was lots of cussin' and swearin' because the horse wouldn't die. It was a very bloody death." It was several minutes before the horse, which was in agony, slowly bled to death.

And so, the greatest racehorse of the century was butchered in the same way that the IRA killed many of its human enemies. The source did not know exactly where Shergar's body was buried, but the fact that his carcass was riddled with bullets meant the gang did everything to ensure Shergar's remains were never found. Many in the Republic, including broad Republican sympathisers, would never have forgiven the IRA and its political wing, Sinn Fein, for machine gunning the equine pride of the nation in cold blood.

This vivid image of how Shergar died confirmed the worst fears of one of the most senior figures in Irish racing. He said he had long suspected that the horse, in the hands of non-experts, had met a lingering death "crazed with pain".

The man, who asked not to be identified, said only an expert should kill a horse - there is a spot the size of a thumb nail on the animal's head which the bullet, or humane killer, has to hit to prevent suffering.'

'
 
I was born in 69 and remember all of this like yesterday!

My father commuted to Manchester during the bombings and it was just up the road. Including the bombs in London again when he commuted there.

No mobile phones back then! Only landlines and no internet!

There was some worrying times waiting just for news. None of this social media, just happened and around the world in seconds!

All the time the news reported on the troubles in NI and how sad it was. Including the Hyde Park bombings. People and families killed.

Indeed as reported the IRA lost a lot of its so called 'street cred' due to Shergar being kidnapped not only in Ireland but also in the USA where a lot of 'funding' came from as everyone believed that they were backing a legit cause.

Although we live in slightly different times, we are still under threat. The twin towers and london 7/7 again horrific.

I do not think the whole world will ever be peaceful!
 
The was some comment at the end shysmum that he died in an accident and there was a lot of blood, so if they only had pistols how many times did they have to shoot him, or if they used a big gun what size hole would it have made in him.

I cant get over how the whole reporting of the kidnap took so long, this one was phoned and then that one was phoned and then the next, ridiculous
 
The Channel 5 documentary shown this week - 'Shergar - Countdown To A Kidnapping'

http://www.channel5.com/shows/sherg...ng/episodes/shergar-countdown-to-a-kidnapping

Among other commentators on the doc about Shergar's abduction, Brian O'Connor, from the Irish Times -

"He had got hold of the public consciousness....Even to people who didn't know about horses, and cared little for racing, people knew about Shergar. There was a deep sense of shock."

'30 years later mystery still surrounds his death, but there are many theories.'

Derek Thompson, racing broadcaster, who faced masked gunmen during the Shergar kidnap case commented -
"This horse Shergar, we think of him as the people's horse. Every so often I wake up in the middle of the night and wonder what really did happen to him, I would love to know."
 
babymare said:
. Heres to the peace in Ireland and long may it continue.
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Lol.

I live in NI, go to uni in belfast. Definitely not peace here!!

But it is miles better than the troubles. Still my friends and I were talking about the dj hardwell incident at the oddessey last week and each of us said when we heard it had been declared a major incident we all assumed it was a bomb or the like.
 
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