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.
Fire And Rain was looking particularly good and could easily take the lead. When the startcar left the field Thunder Fighter started to galop and lost 50 m.
Huijsen The Man saw it's chance when the leader lost tempo and took the lead. Huijsen The Man was disturbed and galoped 10 m.
Thunder Fighter sprinted past it's competitors after a 1000m and took the lead.
Wolfram sprinted past it's competitors after a 1000m and took the lead.