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.
Aggressive Man found a gap and took the lead. King Force followed before Screaming Cube. Fartblind Opal was to tense at the start and galloped for 10 m. When the startcar left the field Muscular General started to galop and lost 30 m.