Sinndar led in the very early stages, before settling into second behind his pacemaker Raypour. Murtagh sent Sinndar past Raypour and into the lead at the start of the straight. Several horses attempted to challenge, with the filly Egyptband looking the biggest threat to the leader, but Sinndar stayed on to win by one and a half lengths. It was three lengths back to Volvoreta in third and a further two and a half lengths back to Montjeu in fourth. Murtagh was effusive in his praise of Sinndar's speed and stamina, saying, "No horse can get by him... he's the best horse... unbeatable". However, Montjeu's trainer, John Hammond, observed that "You always think there's going to come a day when they don't quite fire and that happened today".