MORE than 9,000 racegoers cheered home Welsh winner Potters Corner ridden by teenager Jack Tudor in the Coral Welsh Grand National at Chepstow Racecourse on Friday (December 27).

The Christian Williams-trained mount brought the festive crowd to its feet when it nosed into the lead three fences from home.

And the 8-1 shot home favourite kept on to land the coveted spoils by 1 3/4L from Truckers Lodge.

Tudor said: “When you’re Welsh, to win a Welsh National is one of the things you look forward to when you’re a kid – it’s brilliant.

“I had a nice position at the start. He winged the first and we had a lovely position. From there he got a nice lead off the two in front. He got into a rhythm and jumped great. He was different class. Pretty much all my family is here. It’s brilliant.”

Williams said: “I won’t be popular at home, as the wife was nagging me to come and I said it would be a tough race, come to Newbury tomorrow!”