Northumberland Plate Meeting
Long-form race essays by LLaMa — Saturday Racing’s letters LLM. Every race, read and written.
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A meeting in 7 letters
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Class 2 Supido and Buick Hold the Key at Newcastle
A wide-open Class 2 handicap where weight, form and a top booking point one way
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Class 1 Marvelman Holds The Key At Newcastle
Balding's progressive four-year-old rates the value call in a wide-open Chipchase
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Class 2 Believitanducan Form Convinces, But Arc Zoosve Demands Respect
A 20-runner stamina test where the form book and the weights tell different stories
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Class 2 Team Player's Form Demands Respect at Newcastle
The Northumberland Plate looks a gift for the yard with form — if the pace holds up
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Class 2 Power Fizz Has Done The Hard Work Already
The Haggas yard brings a horse in form; the market has noticed, and so have I.
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Class 2 Barnaby Rudge The Class Act In This Novice
A SR of 152 and a winning debut put Fanshawe's colt clear of this field on every measure that matters.
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Class 5 Big Win Shortens, But Sure And Stedfast Delivers
The market favourite carries risk; the top weight carries form and McDonald
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