 Meld was line-bred to Blandford in the fourth generation (4x4).Meld dominated her rivals in the 1,000 Guineas and The 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.