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.
Étoile De Mer was looking particularly good and could easily take the lead. Pasqual suddenly started to galop. Christian Cracchiolo had to struggle to get Pasqual to tror again and succeded after 10 m.
The field stabalized after the bend and the speed was reduced.