Aqueduct Hotlist - February 7

Today’s New York Hot List races to watch – Sunday, February 7, 2021 at Aqueduct
                By Matt Shifman and Bob Ehalt

Hot List Key:
 A: A preferred horse to watch                           B: Secondary horse to watch
*C: Went down 2 or more betting notches and finished 1st through 3rd
*D: Went down 2 or more betting notches and finished 4^th or worse
* - 4 or more betting notches if 11-1 or more.

1^st race – (3) Will E Sutton will make his debut after selling for $1 million as a yearling. He has a recent fast workout amongst a series of breezes at Belmont Park for trainer Jonathan Thomas. The dam was stakes placed as a 2-year-old. (5) Dream Big Dreams was second in his debut behind that 12 length victory by Manor House at Laurel. He gets Lasix and blinkers and cuts back to seven furlongs from a mile. (4) Three Two Zone was third at Parx in his debut behind a horse who shows up in the Withers on Saturday. (1) Atlantic Road was fifth in his debut at Gulfstream Park for Todd Pletcher in a race that went in a fast time and the third-place finisher came back to win. He adds blinkers as he ships up to New York.

2^nd race – (6) Home Run Maker (C) comes back is a new gelding as a 6-year-old following a good third-place effort for a $40,000 tag and drops into this $32,000 claimer. He was bet down to be the 3-2 favorite in that race. (5) Clench (C) was claimed out of a $25,000 race where he finished second after having the lead while getting bet from 6-1 to 4-1. (4) Batterbatterswing (C) ran second after having the lead in the stretch when he was bet from 15-1 to 9-1 in a $16,000 claimer. (1) Zaevion won three out of four races including one at today’s level at Aqueduct in November. Since then, he won a starter allowance at Parx and then tried allowance company at the Big A.

5^th race – (7) Daria’s Angel (D) drops back down to $16,000 after catching a sloppy track in a $20,000 claimer at Aqueduct. Before that race, she was claimed three times in a row. She is the winner of 6 races in 12 starts at the Big A and has seven wins at the mile distance. (5) Excess Capacity has a great record at Aqueduct and trainer Bruce Levine drops her in for the lowest level she has faced. (4) Nasty Affair was claimed by the Noda barn for $25,000 and was given nine-months off. Now she makes her third start following that break while dropping down to the lowest level of her career. (1) Violent Trick was claimed by Linda Rice for $12,500 in her first start in six months. Last year she won an allowance race.

6^th race – (6) Cadeau de Paix was a winner in a $25,000 N3L claimer after a year away from the track and a trainer change to Robert Klesaris. Now she will move up to this starter allowance. (1) Sirenic threw in a poor effort on a muddy track at Aqueduct last time but the Linda Rice runner had a pair of seconds before that. (3) Adhwaa won a N2L claimer by four lengths last time for Kelly Breen. (5) Princess Corey is lightly raced and ran second just a nose behind the winner in that starter allowance on the mud that was mentioned above.

Best bets:  Will E Sutton (1^st); Home Run Maker (2^nd). Best value:  Daria’s Angel (5^th); Cadeau de Paix (6^th).