Haiti class of the race - Curtis

EBECCA Curtis is optimistic that Haiti Couleurs can prove himself the “class horse in the race” when he bids to get his season back on track in the Coral Welsh Grand National at Chepstow this Saturday.

- ASHLEY IVESON

won the Irish Grand National in April

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Winner of the National Hunt Chase at the Cheltenham Festival and the Irish Grand National at Fairyhouse in the spring, the eight-year-old made a successful return to action over hurdles at Newbury to tee himself up for last month’s Betfair Chase at Haydock.

However, Haiti Couleurs was pulled up on Merseyside, but Curtis feels she has uncovered a genuine excuse for that below-par display and is hopeful he can show his true colours on home turf this weekend.

“He seems really well at home, we're very happy with him,’ she said. “He came back from Haydock quite sore on his sacroiliac joint, which we had medicated the Monday after, it seems to have really helped.