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.
Funky Beat was looking particularly good and could easily take the lead. When the startcar left the field Voor Wijk Mij started to galop and lost 50 m.
Starstruck Pie sprinted past it's competitors after a 1000m and took the lead. Funky Beat galoped after 1000m and lost 20 m.
Bringing The Heat looked to be in good shape this day and took the lead after 1500m. Starstruck Pie showed unexperience when he was disqualified for galoping.