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.
Kortney sprinted away from the competitors and took the lead.
Kortney was in fine shape and held the lead. A bird flew just in front of Strong
Band who started to galop and lost 50 m.
Kortney clinged on to the lead after a 1000m. Tweezers galoped after 1000m and lost 20 m.