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.
Sigue Sigue Sputnik was looking particularly good and could easily take the lead. Scarlet Madness showed unexperience when he was disqualified for galloping. Eternal Flower was to tense at the start and galloped for 30 m.