A NEW name joined the list of race sponsors at Downpatrick last Friday afternoon when the two-mile, three-furlong maiden hurdle ran under the banner of the Irish Thoroughbred Agency.org “Ex Racehorses Finding Their Forever Home”.

Donaghcloney-based Suzy Barkley runs the Irish arm of the British and Irish Thoroughbred Agency which is involved in the retraining and rehoming of ex-racehorses while Monique Lyle is the contact in Britain.