MOST surprising stat of the week: when Katie Walsh rode Blow By Blow to victory in the Champion Bumper on Wednesday, she was riding her first Grade 1 winner.

Thousand Stars in the County Hurdle, Thousand Stars in the Prix La Barka, Seabass in the Leopardstown Chase, Your Busy in the Kerry National, Poker De Sivola in the National Hunt Chase. Yep, all big wins, all fine performances, but none of them Grade 1 races.