"FINDING FIONN"
IS A NEW RELEASE COMING OCTOBER 17TH INSPIRED BY THE KIDNAPPING OF THE FAMOUS IRISH RACEHORSE SHERGAR!
On a cold, foggy night in county Kildare, Ireland, the famous racehorse, and Irish hero, Shergar was kidnapped. The next day, a phone call came in to his trainer with a demand for 2 million pounds. Shergar's owner refused to pay and the horse was never seen again. To this day, this mystery has not been solved. Shergar was the 1981 European horse of the year. He shocked everyone by winning the Epsom Derby in England by more than 10 lengths.
Shergar was beloved by everyone who knew him and worked with him. After an extremely successful career as a three-year-old. He was retired back to his birthplace, the Ballymany stud in Ireland. As a four-year-old, he fathered many successful colts and fillies. But his promising career as a stud came to a halt on that fateful night in February 1983.
Many theories abound as to who was responsible for his theft. Was it the Irish Republican Army (IRA) seeking funds to continue their war efforts? Was it a jealous competitor? Was it insurance fraud? No one knows.
My new book, to be released on all sites on Oct. 17, 2023, takes the facts of the kidnapping and applies them to a fictional horse named Fionn MacCool. Because I am an author, I can create the ending to the story as I would like to have seen it happen.
Autographed copies are available on the website: www.dancinghorsepress.com
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