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.
Lady Lisa took the lead after a very quick start. When the startcar left the field L'ultima Curva started to galop and lost 10 m. Wondering Sugar was to eager when the car accellerated, galopped and was disqualified.
Sleeping Sapphire quickly put pressure on the leader and could take the lead after 500m.