text: The Hennessy Gold Cup at Newbury was won by the bay gelding Bobs Worth. As he steamed across the finish line, his trainer Nicky Henderson went all poetic and said it was like 'watching a rose come out'. Another happy aspect of this story of mud-splattered victory was the fact that Malcolm Kimmins, the head of the Bobs Worth syndicate (the sassily named Not Afraid Partnership), is a retired director of the racecourse. There wasn't a dry eye in the stands. Luckily, Newbury has many bars and boxes in which to celebrate, but none more glamorous or exuberant - perhaps something to do with the free bar - than the Moët Hennessy Box, where Hugh Bonneville clinked glasses with Jilly Cooper, and Sam and Bella Waley-Cohen looked as in love as ever.