Only a humble breeze blew over Åby this day. The track where in perfect shape.
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.
Many drivers had set there mind on a front position this day. Fastest of them all were In Distress Cherry. Gold Twilight ended up behind the leader. Metronomo got caught on the outside and were forced to take place as first in lane two.
Hoping Bomb saw it's chance when the leader lost tempo and took the lead.
Windy Raspberry sprinted past the competitors and took over the lead.