LEADING business advisory firm, Grant Thornton, has signed a new sponsorship deal with Down Royal racecourse which will give the firm exclusive naming rights to the fixture on Friday, September 3rd – the Grant Thornton Race Evening.

The investment also covers four race titles including the Grant Thornton Nursery Handicap over seven furlongs, won last year by the Jim Bolger-trained Verbal Fencing, and the Grant Thornton Ulster Cesarewitch Handicap.