New sponsor for Racing Post Trophy

[steveh31]

The Racing Post Trophy at Doncaster is no more and will now be called The Vertem Futurity Trophy

Read more at: https://www.doncasterfreepress.co.uk/news/new-sponsor-announced-for-historic-race-at-doncaster-1-9378189

[LD73]

I remember it always used to be the William Hill Futurity when I was growing up

[Drone]

This will be the race’s fifth incarnation since it was introduced in the early ’60s

Timeform Gold Cup
Observer Gold Cup
William Hill Futurity
Racing Post Trophy
Vertem Futurity Trophy

The original meaning of a Futurity Race was “a horse race for young horses for which entries are made long in advance, sometimes before the horses are born”

Don’t think this applies, or has ever applied, to the Doncaster event

I believe Futuritys, named as such in the original sense, are run in North America. Please confirm or refute Stateside devotees

[Gladiateur]

Vertem?

Who are ya? Who are ya?

Apologies; that was my inner football hooligan slipping out.

[Drone]

They’re Stockbrokers based in Newcastle

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What a delightful photo, you can manage my assets any day of the week

Have a great day out you bright young things

As for the name, a rapid Googlie tells me that in Portuguese vertem is the third-person plural of verter to leak/pour/spill, so they leak/pour/spill which doesn’t immediately strike as an ideal name for a financial services outfit

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