What a week that was. Cheltenham came by, devastated bookies and left almost as soon as it arrived.
All we have left are memories of Willie Mullins and Ruby Walsh tearing it up on Tuesday and Thursday, some extra money in our pockets and the vow to do more research before next year's festival only to complete disregard any learnings.
What you could do though - is leave it to the experts to pick for you. Which expert? Maybe look at the winner of this year's world famous Balls.ie tipster table.
After being neck and neck with the Mail's Robin Goodfellow all the way up until after the Gold Cup - Claude Duval of the Sun plucked for On The Fringe in the third last race of the festival and that was enough to claim the prize.
Goodfellow will have to make do with silver, while jockey Davy Russell's insight for the Star claims third over Goodfellow's 'stable-mate' Damien McElroy.
Here's the top ten from the week:
| Tipster | Winners | Each-way |
|---|---|---|
| Claude Duval (Sun) | 12 | 0 |
| Robin Goodfellow (Mail) | 11 | 0 |
| Davy Russell (Star) | 9 | 0 |
| Damien McElroy (Mail) | 8 | 1 |
| Racing Post Rating | 8 | 0 |
| Trev Corr (Indo) | 8 | 0 |
| Bouverie (Mirror) | 7 | 0 |
| Ian Gaughran (Star) | 6 | 1 |
| Sirius (Sun) | 6 | 0 |
| Jack Streep (Herald) | 4 | 0 |
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