Grandsire Donatello Country Great Britain Breeder Someries Stud Species Equus caballus Owner Anastasia de Torby Sex Mare | Foaled 1952 Colour Bay Record 6: 5-1-0 Parents Alycidon Trainer Cecil Boyd-Rochfort Damsire Fair Trial | |
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When Meld completed the British Fillies Triple Crown by defeating Nucleus in the 1955 St. Leger, she was only the fourth filly to do so in the 20th century. She was undefeated as a three-year-old (3YO) and was head of the 3YO Handicap.
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Pedigree
Meld was well bred, being by the top-class stayer and successful sire, Alycidon, her dam Daily Double who won four races and was the dam of five winners was by Fair Trial. The second dam of Meld was Doubleton by Bahram, making her a half-sister to Precipitation. Meld was line-bred to Blandford in the fourth generation (4x4).
Racing record
Meld dominated her rivals in the 1,000 Guineas and the Epsom Oaks, before taking on the colts for the first time that year in St. Leger Stakes at Doncaster. She won by just under a length, and then had to survive an objection from Lester Piggott, who had ridden Nucleus. Her win enabled Cecil Boyd-Rochfort to become the first trainer in England to have won more than £1 million for his patrons. Meld's winnings of ₤43,051 was an all-time record for fillies in England for at least several years after her retirement.
Stud record
Meld produced six winners including:
Meld's more modern descendants include Intaglio's great-great-great-grandson Ramonti.
Honours
Following the LNER tradition of naming locomotives after winning racehorses, British Railways "Deltic" Diesel locomotive no. D9003 (later no. 55 003) was named Meld after this horse on 7 July 1961, and remained in service until 31 December 1980.