NAAS Racecourse has announced that the French sales company Arqana will sponsor the new Marwell Stakes, a listed race for two-year-old fillies. It will be the first time for the international auction house to sponsor a race in Ireland.

The race is one of a number of new additions to the Naas flat programme this year. The track will stage the first running of the Arqana Irish EBF Marwell Stakes on July 22nd, enhancing the existing card. The race will be run over five furlongs.