THE HORSE OF THE CENTURY
Bernborough is the horse of the iiioiiient in Australia but surelv 110 one could have a higher opiuion of the relative merits of this high-elass galloper than the veterin Randwick trainer Frank MeGrath. Discussing the inerits of Phar Lap. Ajax and Bernborough ai'tei; the lastr named had won the Puturity Stakes recently, MeGrath stated that Bernborough "could eat" the other pan over a short distance. MeGrath said that Bernborough was the galloper of the eentury and confessed to liaving the biggest bet of his life on the horse when he won the Puturity. "They talk about Phar Lap and Ajax," said MeGratli, "but wfiat about Amounis, whom I rate beiter than either of them. Even thep, I would hesitate to take on Bernborough with him." "Amounis used to mow them dotrn, " said MeGrath, 'but I'm not sure th-at Bernborough hasn 't a more withering finish, beeause wheri he overhauls the leaders he goes on and beats them.by bigger margins than did Aijiounis. " MeGrath said that jBernborough woiild never be beaten over a short distance as long as he escaped interference iu t'lie ruuuiug,. ■>
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Chronicle (Levin), 21 March 1946, Page 6
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