led, ridden over 2f out, wandered final furlong, kept on
held up in touch, ridden over 6f out, weakened 3f out
prominent and raced wide, in touch from halfway, ridden 3f out, weakened well over 1f out
held up tracking leaders, headway on inside 5f out, driven 4f out, one pace final furlong
held up in touch, headway 4f out, every chance when ridden and not much room 2f out, not reach winner
Mark Pitman's Ramirez has claims on his debut second behind Onwardsandupwards over course and distance in January but disappointed at Folkestone subsequently and is passed over in favour of the Paul Nicholls-trained Sweet Diversion, who found only the winner Gebora too good in that same Folkestone contest. The son of Carroll House looked as though the run would do him good that day and, with further improvement to come, he should go one better. The others with racing experience make limited appeal although it would come as no surprise to see either the Philip Hobbs-trained Blue Derby or Robert Alner's Optimism improve on their debut efforts. Neither of the newcomers take the eye on breeding and are from stables not know for their success in this type of event.
