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.
Frozen Runner could eventually take the lead after a very dramatic start.
Floating Sunset quickly put pressure on the leader and could take the lead after 500m. Windy Drama started to galop after 500 m and was nearly disqualified.
Nashorn sprinted past it's competitors after a 1000m and took the lead.