Northumberland Plate report and free video replay | Titanic Trueshan defies mark of 120
By Sporting Life
08:45 · SUN June 26, 2022
Trueshan carried 10 stone 8lb off an official rating of 120 under Hollie Doyle to land a remarkable success in the Jenningsbet Northumberland Plate at Newcastle.
Heavily backed into 3/1 favourite before the off, Trueshan did not let backers down as he scythed through the field in the final quarter mile for a stunning success under Doyle.
The last obstacle was a tenacious Spirit Mixer, but Trueshan dug deep for a memorable and historic half-length win.
Trueshan's win probably the best staying handicap performance in over 60 years. Gladness won the Gold Cup and Goodwood Cup and the 1958 Ebor by 6 lengths off 9-7, giving 29 lb to runner-up Woodside Terrace. She was rated 131, Trueshan probably somewhere similar.
Doyle, who claimed her first Classic success aboard Nashwa in the French Oaks last weekend, said: “It’s been a good few months, or years I could say. I can’t complain how things are going but I’m pretty greedy, once I get a taste of success I want more and more. I’ll do all I can to keep it going. Long may it continue.”
Of Trueshan, she added: “That was unreal. But I had to give him a squeeze and I don’t usually have to do that. He’s never had to battle hard to win a race, he’s always won so easily. But he got into that battle and it was the first time I’ve ever seen it from him, but his ears pinned back and he really knuckled down. He was not getting beaten.”
Hollie Doyle celebrates with Trueshan
Trueshan finished sixth under a big weight in last year’s Northumberland Plate before going on to win the Goodwood Cup, the Prix du Cadran and the Long Distance Cup on Champions Day at Ascot.
Part-owner Alan Marsh will be doing a rain dance to allow the six-year-old to defend his Goodwood crown on July 26.
He said: “It was an extraordinary win. Hollie told us exactly how she was going to ride him and she did it. We just tell her to get on with it and she does it. She knows the horse very well. All credit to her.
“I didn’t think he would win, of course not. It’s well documented we were running because we couldn’t run at Ascot, we are aiming for the Goodwood Cup and we needed a run. This was the safest place to run.
“I only decided to come at 3pm yesterday and I got to Kings Cross and found there was a train. I’m the only one of the four owners here. It’s a delight. Thank goodness they can’t put us up for the Goodwood Cup!”
WATCH: Trueshan wins the Northumberland Plate under welter burden at Newcastle.
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