Famous Athletes Red Night has probably heard of...

W G Grace
Ruth the babe
Palmer
Lallas
Beckham
Shergar

shergar?

lallas was the first really good player to come out of the US.

Originally posted by Red Night
shergar?

lallas was the first of many recent below average players to come out of the US.

fixed!

P.s. Shergar was a racehorse. A good one at that. And famous.

Originally posted by rhb
fixed!

P.s. Shergar was a racehorse. A good one at that. And famous.

did you mean secretariat? Man of War? Seabiscuit? Ferdinand?

Originally posted by Red Night
did you mean secretariat? Man of War? Seabiscuit? Ferdinand?

No, I meant (and still mean) Shergar. Please pay attention.

Originally posted by rhb
No, I meant (and still mean) Shergar. Please pay attention.

did he win at the derby? pimlico? belmont? what year?

Originally posted by Red Night
did he win at the derby? pimlico? belmont? what year?

He didn't win at the Derby, he won the Derby.

1981.

The year Aldaniti (a horse famous enough to have a flim made about his nd his Jockeys stories) won the Grand National.

Shergar is more famous though, for what happened next. You obviously know nothing about horse racing.

Originally posted by rhb
He didn't win at the Derby, he won the Derby.

1981.

The year Aldaniti (a horse famous enough to have a flim made about his nd his Jockeys stories) won the Grand National.

Shergar is more famous though, for what happened next. You obviously know nothing about horse racing.

So what happened next?

Originally posted by pawnhandler
So what happened next?

Yes, yes rhb, tell us a story.

The InterWeb is your friend:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shergar

Pretty interesting story. For a horsey...

Originally posted by Crowley
The InterWeb is your friend:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shergar

Pretty interesting story. For a horsey...

The Wayne Murty theory was pretty interesting. No mention of the Wayne Newton theory though...