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Northumberland Plate betting tip

By Angus | June 26, 2009

The Northumberland Plate is the highlight of Newcastle’s three-day race meeting – and we’ve got betting tips with odds of 10/1 and 14/1 to give you.

These tips should give you plenty of each-way value in the 20-runner heritage handicap, and they’re based on solid historical trends.

The trends in question relate to the age, weight and form of the runners. To cut a long story short, we’re looking for a four-year-old horse, carrying no more than 8 stone 11 pounds, that isn’t the favourite, was placed first or second in one of their last two runs, raced in a Class 2 or better race last time out and has won over a minimum distance of one mile and six furlongs.

First off we’ll point out Wells Lyrical, the mount of Tom Eaves. It meets all the above criteria and is as shorts as 8/1 with a lot of online bookmakers. But 10/1 is available at Coral, where it’s worth a couple of points each-way.

The second horse that takes my fancy is Sir Michael Stoute’s runner, Meethaq. It ticks all the same boxes as Wells Lyrical, although I think it may struggle to make the two-mile trip – and its high draw could mean it has even further to run. On the plus side it’s had two runs this season to Wells Lyrical’s one, is carrying a low weight and I think 14/1 at BlueSquare makes it worth a point each-way.

Northumberland Plate betting tips