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.
Fred Baron Justice was looking particularly good and could easily take the lead. Purple Lily was to tense at the start and galloped for 40 m.
Nicolaas Opal saw it's chance when the leader lost tempo and took the lead.
The leader got disturbed by something and Purple Lily took the lead rather easily.