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.
Lonely Wonder was looking particularly good and could easily take the lead.
Holy Nova saw it's chance when the leader lost tempo and took the lead. A bird flew just in front of Holy Nova who started to galop and lost 20 m. Just Printer was disturbed and galoped 10 m.
Kjell Brandt tried a little too much on the homestretch and Lonely Wonder started to galopp and lost 20 m. Handy Universe galopped for 40 m on the homestretch.