20 Facts About Bobs Worth

Bobs Worth was an Irish-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse.

Bobs Worth won the Albert Bartlett Novices' Hurdle in 2011, the RSA Chase in 2012 and the Cheltenham Gold Cup in 2013 at the Cheltenham Festival, making him the first horse since Flyingbolt in the 1960s to win three different races at consecutive Cheltenham Festivals.

Bobs Worth was trained by Nicky Henderson, owned by the Not Afraid Partnership.

Bobs Worth was a bay gelding bred by Lois Eadie in Brookeborough and foaled on 21 May 2005.

Bobs Worth's dam, Fashionista, is a daughter of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes winner King's Theatre.

Bobs Worth ran in two national hunt flat races at Kempton Park, finishing second in one and winning the other.

Bobs Worth followed this up, racing away from Kempton for the first time, by winning a two and a half mile hurdle race at Cheltenham.

Bobs Worth then stepped up in class for the Grade 2 Classic Novices' Hurdle, at Cheltenham.

Bobs Worth started his steeplechase career by winning the 2011 Berkshire Novices' Chase, beating former Champion Bumper winner Cue Card by a short head, with the two well clear of the other two runners.

Bobs Worth then finished third in the Feltham Novices' Chase, about five lengths behind winner Grands Crus and two lengths behind runner-up Silviniaco Conti.

Bobs Worth finished ahead of Silviniaco Conti in his next race, the Reynoldstown Novices' Chase, but was beaten two lengths into second by Invictus.

Bobs Worth was in the middle of the pack in the early stages and made progress through the field with eight fences still to jump, taking the lead four out.

Bobs Worth was overtaken as they turned into the straight, but regained the lead at the final fence.

Bobs Worth appeared unlikely to win after being hampered at the third last fence and was still eight lengths behind Long Run on the final turn.

Geraghty produced the horse with a strong run to take the lead approaching the final fence, and Bobs Worth drew away from the field on the run-in to win by seven lengths from Sir Des Champs.

Bobs Worth was never travelling well and was eased down by Geraghty when his chance had gone, finishing sixth, forty lengths behind the winner Cue Card.

Bobs Worth was towards the rear of the field in the early stages, but made steady progress to challenge the leader Silviniaco Conti at the last fence, but the two leading contenders were overtaken by a trio of outsiders on the run-in, and Bob Worth finished fifth behind Lord Windermere, On His Own, The Giant Bolster and Silviniaco Conti.

Bobs Worth struggled to recover his form in the following year.

Bobs Worth made a successful start of his new campaign on 7 November 2015 in the Betfred Hurdle after being sent off as the outsider of the five-runner field, he made all from the front and battled well in the last furlong to repel the challenge from his stablemate Simonsig, who was having his first outing for 970 days.

Bobs Worth died accidentally in a field on 20 January 2022 at the age of 16.