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Apr 2023
Ripon Racecourse seals new sponsorship deal as first fixture looms
With its first fixture of the 2023 season just a fortnight away, Ripon Racecourse has announced a new sponsorship deal with William Hill.
The bookmaker, which has sponsored Ripon's feature race of the year - Great St Wilfrid Handicap - since 1994, is now teaming up with the Boroughridge Road course to offer a bonus of £5,000 to the owner(s) of the inaugural William Hill Ripon Champion 2023, with an additional £1,000 going to the winning stable.
Running throughout the season, which starts on Thursday April 20 and finishes on Saturday September 30, each race winner will accrue three points, with two points for a second-place finish and one point for third. The horse that accumulates the most points across the season will be crowned the champion and will bag the £5,000 prize.
There will be additional points on offer for the Great St Wilfrid Handicap on August 19 - with five points to the winner, three for second and two for third.
Ruairi Stirling, racing sponsorship manager at William Hill said:
Jonathan Mullin, operations, marketing and Clerk of the course, said:
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