The Christmas Racing Programme is the point where Britain’s steeplechase season really kicks into gear. Bumper crowds and some really high-quality racing invariably make for some great sporting occasions in their own right. But the Christmas program always involves a distinctly forward focus as well. With the great springtime events of the Cheltenham Festival and the Grand National looming on the horizon, whatever happens over the New Year and Christmas Racing Programme will be avidly read as an indication of the leading fancies’ chances in the months ahead. It seems as though the level of interest in the big events…