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.
Silver Missile was looking particularly good and could easily take the lead.
Royal Cleopatra saw it's chance when the leader lost tempo and took the lead.
Beauchamp sprinted past the competitors and took over the lead. Juan In A Million suddenly made a bad step, started to galop and lost 10 m.
Silver Missile accelerated after 1500m and took the lead.
Silver Missile sat safely in the lead when they started the homestretch.