Haiti Couleurs hoisted high as Curtis and Bowen add Welsh National to Irish glory

"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."

ANOTHER ONE: Jockey Sean Bowen with the trophy celebrates after ridding Haiti Couleurs to victory in the Coral Welsh Grand National Handicap Chase at Chepstow Racecourse. Pic: David Davies/PA Wire

Haiti Couleurs was the toast of Chepstow after producing a magnificent front-running display to add the Coral Welsh Grand National to the Irish equivalent he won earlier in the year.

Trained by Rebecca Curtis, the 5-1 chance was fittingly ridden by another home native in champion jockey Sean Bowen, who was picking up a welcome consolation just 24 hours after being agonisingly denied in the King George VI Chase at Kempton aboard Banbridge.