Melchbourne (foaled 1971) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare. Despite never winning a Group race, she was the top-rated filly of her generation...

successful broodmare, having previously produced the winning sprinter Melchbourne (horse). Miss Lawson Johnston, a Master of Foxhounds and Justice of the peace...

had won the Princess Margaret Stakes (beating Highclere, Polygamy and Melchbourne) and the Cherry Hinton Stakes. Gentle Thoughts took the lead from the...

and Melchbourne. The independent Timeform organisation gave her a rating of 117, eight pounds behind their "best" two-year-old filly Melchbourne and thirteen...

Gaily a rating of 103, 22 pounds behind their best two-year-old filly Melchbourne. In their annual Racehorses of 1973 they described her as "sure to win...

top-rated Apalachee, and nine pounds below Bitty Girl, Gentle Thoughts and Melchbourne who tied for the position of best filly. On Highclere's first appearance...

1st Baron Luke, on 18 July 1946. They had three children and lived in Melchbourne, Bedfordshire. Hugh was Sheriff of Bedfordshire in 1961. Johnston gifted...

alongside Melchbourne and Gentle Thoughts. The independent Timeform organisation gave the filly a rating of 121, two pounds behind Melchbourne and three...

work four days a year on the roads, providing their own tools, carts and horses; the work was overseen by an unpaid local appointee, the Surveyor of Highways...

while out hunting at Melchbourne, Bedfordshire, in 1937. He apparently felt ill and dismounted, collapsing on the road beside his horse; by the time he was...

of Bletsoe, Sharnbrook, Swineshead, Pertenhall, Keysoe, Thurleigh and Melchbourne. The nearest town to Riseley is Rushden in the neighbouring county of...