MOLLISON IS THE DANGER

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 391, 27 June 1928, Page 12

MOLLISON IS THE DANGER

LIMERICK’S NEXT TRIP OPPOSITION MAY BE STiFF Spring racing in Australia should be highly interesting. With Mollison, Gothic, Winalot and possible Rampion competing in the rich weight-for-age races, Limerick may find it much harder to win than hitherto. But the Canterbury champion demoralised most of his fields in his autumn campaign at Randvvick. and. as he seems much improved now, there is no telling to what heights he may rise next season. No definite plans have been mapped out for Limerick so far, but Mr. H. A. Knight informed a Christchurch “Sun” representative that it is quite posisble that Limerick will race in Melbourne ns well as in Sydney this spring. Much depends, of course, on his form at Hand wick, and if the Limond gelding comes through his racing unharmed, it is quite on the cards that he will po on to Victoria. Has the Chance Now that Limerick’s total stakeearnings have topped the £ 35,000 mark, it is almost certain that he will pass Gloaming’s total of £43,100, provided all goes well with him. Since iiis return from his last trip to Sydney he has filled out quite a lot, and when he arrives at Randwick for the coming spring meetings Sydney racegoers will notice that he is growing much more robust each season. As a three-year-old Limerick was anything but an attractive-looking * orse, but since then he has developed remarkably. For the past two seasons he has dominated the weiglit-for-age races

in Australia, and his great deeds entitle him to rank as one of the greatest horses that ever graced the Australian Turf. In the autumn he defeated such cracks as Gothic, 'Winalot, Simeon’s Fort, and Amounis, and, as he is developing all the time, it certainly seems as if ho will again triumph over his Australian rivals in the spring. The Chief Danger But Limerick’s chief danger in the weiglit-for-age races will be Mollison. Last season the Queensland-bred youngster was paramount among the two-year-olds, and in the summer lie gained stamina to such purpose that he won the longer races in runaway style. Mollison has not been entered for any of the important handicaps, but he will be trained specially for the A.J.C. Derby and V.R.C. Derby and weight for age events. Of course, there is no saying how good Mollison will be in the spring. He possesses all the attributes of championship class, and if he winters well it is certain that he will be an outstanding three-year-old. Then there is Gothic. If the English horse is improved next season he, too, will offer stout opposition to Limerick. Sol Green, owner of Gothic, made no secret of the fact that he expected his horse to beat Limerick in the All-Aged Stakes, but carefully thought out plans came undone when Limerick shot past his rival at the half-mile post and ran home with a length to spare. But Gothic put up a good race, and will need to improve very little on that form to extend the New Zealander again at the approaching spring carnivals. Unless Mollison aspires to the heights predicted for him, Limerick should again triumph over his opponents in the spring.

Bert Marshall. Symonds Street, for plasterers’ overalls.