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.
Shawnee Shay sprinted away from the competitors and took the lead. Tibbe Pegasos was to eager when the car accellerated, galopped and was disqualified. When the startcar left the field Borderline Mental Hoof started to galop and lost 30 m.
Znojmo quickly put pressure on the leader and could take the lead after 500m.
Znojmo was in great shape so far and looked happy in the lead. Speedy Pressure galloped for 60m and was disqualified. Just Muscle was disturbed and galoped 40 m.
Blue Cruiser was in great shape so far and looked happy in the lead.