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.
Beue Yierl could eventually take the lead after a very dramatic start. When the startcar left the field Famous Venus started to galop and lost 10 m.
Moonlight Glam quickly put pressure on the leader and could take the lead after 500m.
Dupont looked tired after 1000m but had to keep up the tempo so that Tiger Globe couldn't come out from behind the leader, Moonlight Glam.
Heavenfaced was disturbed and galopped for 40 m. Radical Racer looked tired after 1000m but had to keep up the tempo so that Beue Yierl couldn't come out from behind the leader, Dupont.