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.
Slow
Devil was looking particularly good and could easily take the lead.
Handy Comet saw it's chance when the leader lost tempo and took the lead. A bird flew just in front of Intelligent
Energy who started to galop and lost 10 m.
No one seem keen on putting pressure on the leader so he could keep his own tempo.
Nothing seemed to be able to stop Handy Comet today. It continued in the lead.
Intelligent
Energy was disturbed and galopped for 10 m. Pas De Limiter was disturbed and galopped for 40 m. Handy Comet kept a high tempo and was first in on the homestretch.