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...
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successful broodmare, having previously produced the winning sprinter Melchbourne (horse). Miss Lawson Johnston, a Master of Foxhounds and Justice of the peace...
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had won the Princess Margaret Stakes (beating Highclere, Polygamy and Melchbourne) and the Cherry Hinton Stakes. Gentle Thoughts took the lead from the...
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and Melchbourne. The independent Timeform organisation gave her a rating of 117, eight pounds behind their "best" two-year-old filly Melchbourne and thirteen...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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alongside Melchbourne and Gentle Thoughts. The independent Timeform organisation gave the filly a rating of 121, two pounds behind Melchbourne and three...
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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...
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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...
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of Bletsoe, Sharnbrook, Swineshead, Pertenhall, Keysoe, Thurleigh and Melchbourne. The nearest town to Riseley is Rushden in the neighbouring county of...
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