William Hill in €2m Galway Plate sponsorship

THE Galway Plate, the feature event of the week long Festival at Ballybrit, will have a new sponsor this year, bookmaker William Hill.

Sports Minister John O’Donoghue joined senior executives from both Galway Races and William Hill at a reception in the Westbury Hotel Dublin yesterday to announce a new five-year sponsorship of the Grade A William Hill Galway Plate which this year will take place on Wednesday, August 2.

The five year agreement covers the entire eight-race card on William Hill Galway Plate Day, including the Grade A €200,000 Galway Plate and ensures that prize money on the day will be approaching €2million over the five years.