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.
Nessla Parvati was looking particularly good and could easily take the lead. When the startcar left the field Cime Di Rapa started to galop and lost 20 m.
The leader couldn't hold the lead and Stopping Diamond sprinted to the front.
The leader got disturbed by something and Nessla Parvati took the lead rather easily.