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.
Sleepy Sparkle could eventually take the lead after a very dramatic start. Ohio State Sheriff was to tense at the start and galloped for 30 m. Boreal Moussolou was to tense at the start and galloped for 40 m.
Valiant saw it's chance when the leader lost tempo and took the lead.
Valiant clinged on to the lead after a 1000m. Quite Easy galoped after 1000m and lost 40 m.
Nothing seemed to be able to stop Valiant today. It continued in the lead. Dirkse started to gallop after 1500m and Oskar Svanberg had to struggle to get it back in trotting.
Valiant were still in the lead when they started the sprint for the finish-line.
