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.
Muscle Cash was looking particularly good and could easily take the lead. Cloudy Windy was to tense at the start and galloped for 20 m.
Suzuki Hof saw it's chance when the leader lost tempo and took the lead.
Beyaert looked to be in good shape this day and took the lead after 1500m. Something caused a disturbance in the field and Suzuki Hof gallopped for 20 m.
Beyaert kept a high tempo and was first in on the homestretch.