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.
Unconditional sprinted away from the competitors and took the lead. Carlos Brooklyn was to tense at the start and galloped for 40 m. When the startcar left the field Tripping Velvet started to galop and lost 50 m.
Denver Bronco saw it's chance when the leader lost tempo and took the lead. Tripping Velvet was disturbed and galoped 50 m.