One after another the horses came out on the track for the obigatory parade. After some warmup the horses lined up behind the car as it began to move down the track.
Frozen Garden was looking particularly good and could easily take the lead. Parental Advisory was to tense at the start and galloped for 40 m.
The leader couldn't hold the lead and Strong Stone sprinted to the front. A bird flew just in front of Falling Thrasher who started to galop and lost 20 m.
Prima Gossip sprinted past it's competitors after a 1000m and took the lead. Great Big Boy was disturbed and galoped 40 m. Parental Advisory was disturbed and galoped 40 m.