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.
Nocciola sprinted away from the competitors and took the lead. Pink Twister suddenly started to galop. Ulf Ohlsson had to struggle to get Pink Twister to tror again and succeded after 10 m.
Paladino Cherry quickly put pressure on the leader and could take the lead after 500m.