The weather had been good all week and Åby 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.
Funky Bouquet sprinted away from the competitors and took the lead.
Quick Devil saw it's chance when the leader lost tempo and took the lead. A bird flew just in front of Climbing
Paradigm who started to galop and lost 50 m.
Quick Devil was in great shape so far and looked happy in the lead.