The sun was shining and the birds was singing on Mantorp today.
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.
Birmingham could eventually take the lead after a very dramatic start. Stopping Diva was to tense at the start and galloped for 40 m. Bille On Fire suddenly started to galop. Catrin Fajersson had to struggle to get Bille On Fire to tror again and succeded after 30 m.
Alles Klar quickly put pressure on the leader and could take the lead after 500m.
The leader got disturbed by something and Bille On Fire took the lead rather easily.