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.
Courageous Muscle found a gap and took the lead. Coughing Feeling followed before Headhunter. Curletto suddenly started to galop. Jan Roar Mjølnerød had to struggle to get Curletto to tror again and succeded after 30 m.