Talking Horses: Potters Corner takes on Elegant Escape in Welsh National

Last year’s in-form winner is attempting to repeat Bonanza Boy’s 1989 feat but Potters Corner could deny him

It is 30 years since Bonanza Boy lugged 11st 11lb to victory in the Welsh National, becoming the first and so far only horse to win the race in successive years since it moved to Chepstow in 1949.

Rarely has his sole ownership of that record faced as stern a threat as it does on Friday, however, as Elegant Escape, a one-and-a-quarter-length winner off a 9lb lower mark last year, could not be returning in better form. He was only two lengths behind De Rasher Counter, who was getting 11lb, in the Ladbrokes Trophy at Newbury last time and should improve again for Friday’s marathon trip.

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