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 Crazy Pegasos. Moonlight Venus ended up behind the leader. Hoofdini got caught on the outside and were forced to take place as first in lane two.
Speedy Rebel quickly put pressure on the leader and could take the lead after 500m.
Hand In Pocket was disturbed and galopped for 50 m. Crazy Pegasos looked tired after 1000m but had to keep up the tempo so that Hoofdini couldn't come out from behind the leader, Muscle Rebel.