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[b]Timeform look ahead to the weekend's best racing in Britain and Ireland, which inculdes the historic Northumberland Plate Handicap at Newcastle and the Irish Derby at the Curragh...[/b] The best of the British meetings set to take place on Saturday is the one at[b] Newcastle[/b], where the feature event is the two-mile Northumberland Plate, due off at 15:05. The present favourite is last year's winner Overturn, who has secured a good draw for a front runner and will have the assistance of 5-lb claimer Henry Brooke who is better known for his NH exploits. Though obviously dangerous to dismiss bearing in mind his high-class hurdling form, [b]Overturn[/b] doesn't look particularly well treated any more on the basis of his efforts on the level. Other major contenders include Activate,...