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.
Many drivers had set there mind on a front position this day. Fastest of them all were Speedy Thinking. Sleeping Addiction ended up behind the leader. Prima Rhapsody got caught on the outside and were forced to take place as first in lane two. Pointing Baby galloped way to long and was disqualified.
The leader couldn't hold the lead and Sleeping Addiction sprinted to the front. A bird flew just in front of Pointing Baby who started to galop and lost 20 m.