BEC EYES BETFAIR FOR HAITI

REBECCA CURTIS admits the Betfair Chase is “tempting” for Haiti Couleurs after last season’s Irish Grand National hero made a winning return to action at Newbury yesterday.

- David Yates

The eight-year-old beat Bill Baxter by a length and a half in the Pertemps Network Handicap Hurdle to earn a 6-1 favourite’s quote for the Coral Gold Cup — better known as the Hennessy - back at the Berkshire track three weeks tomorrow. But it’s the Grade One Betfair Chase, at Haydock seven days earlier