A memorial bench has been unveiled in honour of the "joy bomb" late author Dame Jilly Cooper at her favourite racecourse.
Friends and family gathered at the Cheltenham Racecourse event filled with champagne and sunshine for the writer who lived in nearby Bisley and loved horse racing.
Dame Jilly died on 5 October last year , following a fall, aged 88. Her agent Felicity Blunt said the racecourse was like her church where she loved the people, the jockeys, the trainers and the fans.
Racecourse CEO Guy Lavender said they had also renamed one of the site's bars to 'The Rutshire Arms' as a nod to Dame Jilly's book Rivals.
"It felt like the best fun to work with her. She was a complete joy bomb," Blunt said.
"Even today, which is to commemorate her, it seems really bizarre that she's not here, but completely appropriate that we're going to have the time of our lives.
"I mean, the sun is out and the champagne is flowing - it is a true Jilly Cooper Day, she's delivered it once again."
Victoria Smurfit, who plays Maude in the TV adaptation Rivals, was at the event and said she "would travel anywhere and anyhow to celebrate Dame Jilly".
"Dame Jilly wrote characters so delectable and complex because the world is so divine," she said.
"That's the catnip that all us actors dream of and I'm getting to live it so I'm very grateful.
"She loved the naughty as much as she enjoyed the nice."
One of the races was also re-named in her honour - the 2.55 is now the Jilly Cooper Veteran's handicap chase.
"It feels really appropriate on countryside day to be remembering her, Lavender said.
"She was so loved, she brought joy into so many people's lives.
"We're really looking forward to what will be another great moment to celebrate an extraordinary woman."
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