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2. Thieves in the Night
A cold and stormy night in Ireland is made even more terrifying by the presence of armed and masked men.
鈥淲e鈥檝e come to take Shergar, we want 拢2,000,000鈥�
A cold and stormy night in Ireland is made even more terrifying by the presence of armed and masked men.
鈥淲e鈥檝e come to take Shergar, we want 拢2,000,000鈥�
Kidnappings were not unusual in Ireland at this time, except most of the time it was humans that were taken... some never came back.
Who would want a horse? A stallion that no longer raced?
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