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Raa Atoll, who was making his first start for owner-trainer Luke Comer, was a surprise winner of the fifth qualifying race for the Weatherbys Hamilton Stayers' Million - the Group 2 Oleander-Rennen at Berlin-Hoppegarten.

The Andrew Balding-trained Morando relished the step-up in trip as he beat the odds-on favourite Kew Gardens in the fourth qualifying race for the 2109 Weatherbys Hamilton Stayers' Million at Chester yesterday afternoon.

Piggy French and Vanir Kamira won a thrilling Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials last weekend, just pipping Ollie Townend and Ballaghmor Class by 0.3 points in the final show jumping phase on Sunday.