Handicap at Kempton Park Racecourse in June. Later that month he was sent to Royal Ascot for the King George V Handicap over one and a half miles and recorded his first victory of the campaign as he won very easily by four lengths. He followed up by winning a handicap over fourteen furlongs at Newmarket Racecourse in July. M-Lolshan was moved up in class after his handicap wins and finished third to Ile de Bourbon in the Group 2 Geoffrey Freer Stakes at Newbury in August. Later that month he contested the March Stakes (a trial race for the St Leger) at Goodwood Racecourse and finished third behind Le Moss and Obraztsovy (also trained by Price). In the St Leger at Doncaster Racecourse in September he started a 28/1 outsider but exceeded expectations as he finished third, beaten one and a half lengths and a head by Julio Mariner and Le Moss, with Obraztsovy, Ile de Bourbon and Galiani (winner of the Grand Prix de Paris) finishing behind. On 7 October at the Curragh M-Lolshan, ridden by Brian Taylor started 2/1 favourite for the Irish St Leger over fourteen furlongs. The best of his seven opponents appeared to be Icelandic (Chester Vase), Valley Forge (Blandford Stakes, the filly Sorbus (disqualified after finishing first in the Irish Oaks) and Valour (Grosser Preis von Baden). M-Lolshan took the lead two furlongs from the finish and fought off the sustained challengeof Sorbus to win by three quarters of a length with Valley Forge a head away in third. Timeform gave him a rating of 125 for 1978, eight pounds behind Ile de Bourbon, who was their top-rated three-year-old. The official International classification however, were less impressed and rated him 12 pounds inferior to Ile de Bourbon. 1979: four-year-old season After finishing third in the Aston Park Stakes on his first appearance of 1979, M-Lolshan appeared to be unsuited by the soft ground when running fourth behind Ile de Bourbon in the Coronation Cup at Epsom Racecourse in June. In July he ran second to the three-year-old Milford in the Princess of Wales's Stakes at Newmarket and then finished fourth to Troy, Gay Mecene and Ela-Mana-Mou in the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot. In August he recorded his first victory of the campaign by winning a minor race over one and a half miles at Lingfield Park Racecourse and