The weather had been good all week and Årjäng was in good 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.
Ziemlich Gut found a gap and took the lead. Crazy Yorker followed before Listening Cube. When the startcar left the field Crazy Yorker started to galop and lost 30 m.
Ziemlich Gut was looking sharp this day and continued in the lead. Sowing Garden started to galop after 500 m and was nearly disqualified.
Singing Garden was still in the lead after 1500m. Listening Cube started to gallop after 1500m and Dagfinn Aarum had to struggle to get it back in trotting.