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.
Okinawa Superior could eventually take the lead after a very dramatic start. Singing Garden suddenly started to galop. Peter Ingves had to struggle to get Singing Garden to tror again and succeded after 50 m.
Tiny Sword sprinted past the competitors and took over the lead. driver couldn't keep Mortimer Cherry to trotting so they were disqualified. Electric Needle showed unexperience when he was disqualified for galoping.