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 Kramer Never Knocks Pegasos. Gold Strategy ended up behind the leader. Powerful Rocket got caught on the outside and were forced to take place as first in lane two.
The field stabalized after the bend and the speed was reduced. Pinstripe´s Von Dexter was disturbed and galoped 30 m.