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.
Sly Factory tried its best to keep the lead but finally had to give in to Obama that came steaming ahead.
Le Pennec quickly put pressure on the leader and could take the lead after 500m. A bird flew just in front of Loving
Cookie who started to galop and lost 30 m.