led after 1f, edged right well over 1f out, soon headed, regained lead inside final furlong, ran on well
led 1f, remained prominent, went 2nd 2f out, edged left and led over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, swished tail, not quicken
held up in last, pushed along and headway over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
chased leader until 2f out, weakened over 1f out
Disappointingly just the four runners line up for this handicap and with Noel Wilson's Inthawain yet to race on the Polytrack and well beaten on her handicap debut off just a 1lb higher mark than today when last seen at Catterick in October, this may well lie between PETROVSKY and Luckier, with preference for the former of the two runners. Mark Johnston's colt showed promise in his first two starts before running out the easy winner of a Kempton maiden last month. The son of Daylami looks to be reasonably well treated on a mark of 75 for his debut in a handicap and he is taken to make all of the running. Simon Callaghan has his string in good form so Helpmeronda has to be respected but she needs to improve on all known form to trouble the judge. Sylvester Kirk's Luckier has a similar profile to the selection and she was good value for her win at Lingfield last month. She has been given a mark of 74 and has claims but preference is for Petrovsky.
Petrovsky 6-4fav (9-3) Led after 1f, made remainder, stayed on gamely final 2f, ridden out, won at Kempton 1m 2yo mdn auc (5) pol in Dec beating Onemix (8-12) by 3/4l, 14 ran.
Luckier (IRE) 6-1 (9-0) Prominent, ridden to lead 1f out, ran on, won at Lingfield 7f 2yo mdn fll (5) pol in Dec beating Leelu (9-0) by 3l, 13 ran.
Inthawain 9-1 (8-12) Mid-division on outside, lost place halfway, no danger after, 6th of 9, 18l behind Amber Sunset (9-4) at Catterick 7f 2yo fll hcp (4) gs in Oct.
Helpmeronda 20-1 (9-2) Slowly into stride, towards rear, pushed along halfway, no impression, last of 10, 35l behind Lovely Thought (8-8) at Yarmouth 7f 2yo hcp 0-70 (5) sft in Oct.