AFTER four days of stuffing our faces with wall-to-wall quality racing over the Christmas period, the real work began for many of us this week when it came to analysing and dissecting the array of Cheltenham Festival clues on both sides of the Irish Sea.

There were no fewer than 63 races in Ireland over the four days, as well as plenty of graded action in Britain to boot. Some bubbles were burst, other reputations were enhanced and the picture still remains unclear in some divisions.