Coral Welsh National
Handicap Chase, Chepstow 14:50
£150,000 guaranteed,
5yo plus,
3m 6f 130y, Class 1 
Saturday 27th December 2025

1 Haiti Couleurs 5/1
2 O' Connell 9/1
3 Deafening Silence 28/1
4 Livin On Luco 14/1
5 Monbeg Genius 20/1
17 ran NR: Mr Vango, Nassalam Distances: 3l, 1¼l, 5l
Time: 7m 52.24s (fast by 8.26s)

Haiti Couleurs lit up Chepstow with a commanding, front-running performance to complete a notable double, adding this to the Irish equivalent he captured earlier in the year.

Trained by Rebecca Curtis, the 5-1 chance was partnered by champion jockey Sean Bowen, a fitting alliance of Welsh talent. Bowen was quick to make amends after the narrowest of defeats in the King George VI Chase at Kempton just 24 hours earlier aboard Banbridge, and this success also served to underline the enduring class of a Cheltenham Festival winner who had disappointed in the Betfair Chase last month.

Carrying a hefty 11st 13lb, Haiti Couleurs travelled with purpose throughout and asserted decisively from the front, pulling three lengths clear of Joel Parkinson and Sue Smith’s recent Sandown winner O’Connell.

Bowen told Sky Sports Racing: “What a racehorse and what a training performance to get him back from Haydock. That was just over a month ago and to get him back is just incredible.

“It means so much and these are the races you want to win and to do it on a Welsh-trained horse for a Welsh trainer is special.

“Becky actually used to babysit me a bit as a kid, so to do it for Becky is a bit like doing it for family, so that was amazing.

“It’s unbelievable and it would have been nice to win the King George as well, but I’ll take this.”

In the aftermath, Paddy Power cut Haiti Couleurs to 14-1 from 20-1 for the Grand National, while he was also trimmed to 22-1 for the Cheltenham Gold Cup, reflecting a performance that firmly re-established him among the staying elite.

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Coral Welsh Grand National
(A Handicap Chase) (Grade 3)
£150,000 guaranteed, 4yo plus, 3m 6f 130y, Class 1
17 ran
Going: Good to Soft

POS. DIST HORSE AGE WGT TRAINER JOCKEY SP
1    Haiti Couleurs 8 11-13 Rebecca Curtis Sean Bowen 5/1
2 3 O'Connell 9 10-9 4ex Joel Parkinson & Sue Smith Danny McMenamin 9/1
3 1¼ Deafening Silence 8 10-5 Dan Skelton Tristan Durrell 28/1
4 5 Livin On Luco 7 10-2 Philip Hobbs & Johnson White Callum Pritchard 14/1
5 2 Monbeg Genius 9 11-3 Jonjo & A J O'Neill Jonjo O'Neill Jr 20/1
6 7½ Dom Of Mary 9 10-2 James Owen Derek Fox 14/1
7 12 Beaufort Scale 6 10-2 Gordon Elliott Paddy Hanlon 28/1
8 2¼ Rock My Way 7 10-13 Joe Tizzard Brendan Powell 11/2
9 11 Collectors Item 8 10-8 Jonjo & A J O'Neill Kevin Brogan 11/1
10 21 Where It All Began 9 10-2 Gordon Elliott Conor O'Farrell 50/1
PU Pats Fancy 10 10-2 Rebecca Curtis Jamie Brace 100/1
PU Git Maker 9 10-6 Jamie Snowden Gavin Sheehan 9/1
PU Hung Jury 10 10-2 Martin Keighley Tom Bellamy 28/1
PU Tanganyika 7 10-13 Venetia Williams Charlie Deutsch 28/1
PU Intense Raffles 7 12-0 Thomas Gibney Bryony Frost 33/1
PU Jubilee Express 8 10-3 4ex Sam Thomas Kielan Woods 9/2F
PU Uncle Bert 8 10-9 4ex Nigel & Willy Twiston-Davies Sam Twiston-Davies 7/1
NR 3 Mr Vango 9 11-11 Mrs Sara V Bradstock NON RUNNER
WD 4 Nassalam 8 11-4 Gary & Josh Moore NON RUNNER

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