ULTIMATEBET.COM renews Guineas sponsorship UltimateBet.com, one of the world´s leading on-line poker websites, has renewed its sponsorship of Newmarket´s Guineas Festival which it supported for the first time in May. A new one-year deal has been signed for 2005, with an option for 2006.The deal includes title sponsorship to the UltimateBet.com Guineas Festival on Saturday 30th April and Sunday 1st May 2005 and title sponsorship to the three main races, the UltimateBet.com 2000 Guineas (Group 1), the UltimateBet.com 1000 Guineas (Group 1) and the UltimateBet.com Jockey Club Stakes (Group 2).'We are absolutely delighted that UltimateBet.com has renewed its Guineas sponsorship,' commented Newmaket´s Managing Director, Lisa Hancock. 'It was a hugely successful meeting this year, with a record weekend crowd on the Rowley Mile enjoying world class racing.'The advance publicity for next year is already well under way, with a vibrant ante-post market for the two Classics headed by the much vaunted Shamardal in the UltimateBet.com 2000 Guineas and the Irish filly Damson and French filly Divine Proportions in the UltimateBet.com 1000 Guineas.'