The weather had been good all week and Vaggeryd 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.
Beue Yierl was looking particularly good and could easily take the lead. When the startcar left the field Soient Mieux Bon started to galop and lost 50 m.