[5] Melody Belle was trained throughout her career by Jamie Richards, and ridden in the majority of her races by top Kiwi jockey Opie Bosson.
Melody Belle made a successful start to her racing career, winning her debut at Ruakaka Racecourse in October 2016 under jockey Cameron Lammas.
Ridden by Opie Bosson for the first time, Melody Belle rebounded to win the prestigious Two-Year-Old Karaka Million at Ellerslie Racecourse on 29 January.
She went to Australia and trialed ahead of her next start, the Group 2 $250,000 Brisbane Sires Produce Stakes at Eagle Farm Racecourse on 27 May.
She then ran in the Group 3 $70,000 Mongolian Khan Trophy, again at Ellerslie Racecourse, which she won by 3.5 lengths under Opie Bosson in her only win as a three-year-old.
In her first start on 18 August, Shafiq Rusof rode her to win the Group 2 $100,000 Foxbridge Plate (1200m) at Te Rapa Racecourse against a strong field.
Melody Belle then won the first two legs of the New Zealand Triple Crown, giving her back-to-back Group 1 wins.
After a spell of 101 days, Melody Belle returned on 1 January 2019, coming third from the outside gate in the Group 1 Railway Stakes under Shafiq Rusof again.
Firstly she earned her fourth Group 1 win in the $200,000 Waikato Sprint at Te Rapa in February under Troy Harris.
[11] Melody Belle was spelled 161 days and then kicked off the 2019/2020 season on 17 August with a fourth place in the Group 2 $100,000 Foxbridge Plate at Te Rapa Racecourse under Michael McNab.
She then returned to Hastings Racecourse in late August to race for the second time in the first leg of the New Zealand's Triple Crown, the Group 1 $200,000 Tarzino Trophy (1400m).
Three weeks later, Melody Belle returned in the second leg of the Triple Crown, the Group 1 Windsor Park Plate (1600m), for the second time.
Huge crowds gathered to watch the Livamol Spring Classic[12] on 5 October, where Opie Bosson rode Melody Belle into the history books as she became the only horse to win the New Zealand's Triple Crown.
Melody Belle stayed in Melbourne and came second from gate 15 under Opie Bosson in the Group 1 $2,000,000 Mackinnon Stakes on 9 November against star mare Magic Wand.
Her autumn campaign concluded with a gritty fifth place finish in the Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Royal Randwick on 4 April under Kerrin McEvoy.
In February, Melody Belle disappointed in the Herbie Dyke Stakes at Te Rapa, where she was trying to become the all-time leader of Group 1 wins.
[citation needed] On 13 March, Melody Belle won the New Zealand Stakes at Ellerslie Racecourse on Auckland Cup day, defeating Avantage in a stretch battle to set an all-time record for most Group 1 wins by a New Zealand-trained horse with 14.