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.
Tricky Duchess found a gap and took the lead. Ivory Breeze followed before Speedy Zeus. Nashorn showed unexperience when he was disqualified for galloping.
The leader couldn't hold the lead and Ivory Breeze sprinted to the front. A bird flew just in front of Tricky Duchess who started to galop and lost 20 m.
Ivory Breeze clinged on to the lead after a 1000m.