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.
Vacherie was looking particularly good and could easily take the lead. When the startcar left the field Ricadonna Larockma started to galop and lost 40 m.
Fia Utan Knuff saw it's chance when the leader lost tempo and took the lead. A bird flew just in front of Greger who started to galop and lost 40 m.
Fia Utan Knuff clinged on to the lead after a 1000m. Rocket Rebel suddenly made a bad step, started to galop and lost 30 m.