| Class: | Handicap |
| Horse Race: | Northumberland Plate |
| Location: | Newcastle Racecourse Newcastle, England |
| Inaugurated: | 1833 |
| Race Type: | Flat / Thoroughbred |
| Sponsor: | William Hill |
| Website: | Newcastle |
| Distance: | 2m 56y (3,270 metres) |
| Surface: | Tapeta |
| Track: | Left-handed |
| Qualification: | Three-years-old and up |
| Weight: | Handicap |
| Purse: | £150,000 (2019) 1st: £92,385 |
|}The Northumberland Plate is a flat handicap horse race in Great Britain open to horses aged three years or older. It is run at Newcastle over a distance of 2 miles and 56 yards (3,270 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in late June or early July.
The event was established in 1833, and the inaugural running was won by Tomboy. It was initially held at Town Moor, and it was part of a meeting first staged at Killingworth in 1623. It was transferred to its present venue at Gosforth Park in 1882.[1]
The Northumberland Plate originally took place on a Wednesday, and for many years the meeting was a holiday for local mine workers. The race became popularly known as the "Pitmen's Derby". The meeting ceased to be a holiday in 1949, and the race was switched to a Saturday in 1952.[2]
The Northumberland Plate is now one of the richest two-mile handicaps in the world. It was sponsored by John Smith's from 2003 to 2016, by Stobart Rail Limited in 2017 and 2018 and by Betfair since 2019.
Since 2016, it has been run on an artificial all-weather surface, Tapeta, having previously been run on turf.
Most successful horse (3 wins):
Leading jockey since 1985 (2 wins):
Leading trainer since 1985 (3 wins):
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| Year | Winner | Age | Weight | Jockey | Trainer | SP | Time | ||||
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| 1985 | width=145px | Trade Line | 4 | 7-10 | width=145px | Tyrone Williams | width=154px | Ron Sheather | width=60px | ||
| 1986 | Sneak Preview | 6 | 8-12 | Simon Whitworth | Henry Candy | F | |||||
| 1987 | Treasure Hunter | 8 | 7-07 | Lindsay Charnock | Jimmy FitzGerald | 3:32.69 | |||||
| 1988 | Stavordale | 5 | 9-02 | Michael Roberts | Harry Thomson Jones | F | 3:25.36 | ||||
| 1989 | Orpheus | 3 | 7-07 | Richard Fox | Guy Harwood | JF | 3:29.68 | ||||
| 1990 | Al Maheb | 4 | 8-11 | Willie Carson | Alec Stewart | 3:28.96 | |||||
| 1991 | Tamarpour | 4 | 7-07 | Ernie Johnson | Martin Pipe | 3:26.00 | |||||
| 1992 | Witness Box | 5 | 9-09 | George Duffield | John Gosden | 3:25.48 | |||||
| 1993 | Highflying | 7 | 7-11 | Joe Fanning | George M. Moore | 3:25.10 | |||||
| 1994 | Quick Ransom | 6 | 8-08 | Jason Weaver | Mark Johnston | 3:24.86 | |||||
| 1995 | Bold Gait | 4 | 9-10 | David Harrison | James Fanshawe | 3:27.36 | |||||
| 1996 | Celeric | 4 | 9-04 | Willie Carson | David Morley | F | 3:27.33 | ||||
| 1997 | Windsor Castle | 3 | 8-10 | Richard Quinn | Paul Cole | 3:45.35 | |||||
| 1998 | Cyrian | 4 | 7-13 | Tim Sprake | Paul Cole | 3:47.19 | |||||
| 1999 | Far Cry | 4 | 8-10 | Kevin Darley | Martin Pipe | JF | 3:24.32 | ||||
| 2000 | Bay of Islands | 8 | 8-04 | Kevin Darley | David Morris | 3:26.09 | |||||
| 2001 | Archduke Ferdinand | 3 | 8-04 | Francis Norton | Paul Cole | 3:26.70 | |||||
| 2002 | Bangalore | 6 | 9-05 | Seb Sanders | Amanda Perrett | 3:29.10 | |||||
| 2003 | Unleash | 4 | 8-11 | Jamie Spencer | Philip Hobbs | 3:31.13 | |||||
| 2004 | Mirjan | 8 | 8-03 | Paul Hanagan | Len Lungo | 3:37.54 | |||||
| 2005 | Sergeant Cecil | 6 | 8-08 | Alan Munro | Rod Millman | 3:29.37 | |||||
| 2006 | Toldo | 4 | 8-02 | Nelson de Souza | George M. Moore | 3:27.48 | |||||
| 2007 | Juniper Girl | 4 | 8-11 | Luke Morris | Michael Bell | F | 3:46.01 | ||||
| 2008 | Arc Bleu | 7 | 8-02 | Adrian Nicholls | Tony Martin | 3:37.71 | |||||
| 2009 | Som Tala | 6 | 8-08 | Tony Culhane | Mick Channon | 3:45.10 | |||||
| 2010 | Overturn | 6 | 8-07 | Eddie Ahern | Donald McCain | 3:28.05 | |||||
| 2011 | Tominator | 4 | 8-05 | Paul Pickard | Reg Hollinshead | 3:29.48 | |||||
| 2012 | Ile de Re | 6 | 9-03 | Jim Crowley | Donald McCain | F | 3:53.94 | ||||
| 2013 | Tominator | 6 | 9-10 | Graham Lee | Jonjo O'Neill | 3:34.11 | |||||
| 2014 | Angel Gabrial | 5 | 8-12 | George Chaloner | Richard Fahey | F | 3:28.96 | ||||
| 2015 | Quest For More | 5 | 9-04 | George Baker | Roger Charlton | 3:26.53 | |||||
| 2016 | Antiquarium | 4 | 9-05 | James McDonald | Charlie Appleby | 3:30.91 | |||||
| 2017 | Higher Power | 5 | 9-09 | Tom Queally | James Fanshawe | 3:35.37 | |||||
| 2018 | Withhold | 5 | 9-01 | Robert Winston | Roger Charlton | F | 3:33.56 | ||||
| 2019 | Who Dares Wins | 7 | 9-01 | Tom Marquand | Alan King | 3:33.14 | |||||
| 2020 | Caravan Of Hope | 4 | 8-05 | Harry Bentley | Hugo Palmer | F | 3:33.21 | ||||
| 2021 | Nicholas T | 9 | 8-10 | Ben Robinson | Jim Goldie | 3:31.88 | |||||
| 2022 | Trueshan | 6 | 10-08 | Hollie Doyle | Alan King | F | 3:39.75 | ||||
| 2023 | Calling The Wind | 7 | 09-04 | Neil Callan | Richard Hughes | 3:31.40 | |||||
| 2024 | Onesmoothoperator | 6 | 08-09 | Connor Beasley | Brian Ellison | 3:27.59 |