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.
Made A Mistake was looking particularly good and could easily take the lead. When the startcar left the field Inner Struggle started to galop and lost 30 m.
Albert Stubbins Justice quickly put pressure on the leader and could take the lead after 500m.
Tempting Nugget sprinted past it's competitors after a 1000m and took the lead.