Ascot has announced Neptune Investment Management will sponsor two races at the track this year.
The Neptune Investment Management Novices' Hurdle, over a distance just short of two and a half miles, will be run on February 16 while the second race will be a £50,000 event for three-year-olds over a mile and a half on July 13.
The Ascot novice hurdle will form part of the 'Road To Cheltenham' series in the run-up to the Grade One Neptune Investment Management Novices' Hurdle.
