June 1981. Shergar, ridden by the 19-year-old jockey Walter Swinburn, won the Epsom Derby in spectacular fashion with a record-breaking lead of ten lengths.
The horse racing legend, a nine-time Derby winner widely considered to be one of the greatest jockeys in the 20th century, died aged 86 in May earlier this year.
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