Aqueduct Hotlist - January 15

Today’s NY Hot List races to watch – Saturday, January 15, 2022 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 worst
* - 4 or more betting notches if 11-1 or more.

3^rd race [Clm 32000, 1 mi] – (1) Makingcents (B) will make her third start following a layoff after getting the lead and then racing along the rail on a track where the inside was not the place to be. She drops into the claiming ranks for the first time. (3) Customerexperience was claimed from her last four starts and lands in the barn of Bill Morey following a more than four-length victory. Morey wins with 32% of the new horses in his barn. (6) Charge Account comes back after a September layoff. This summer at Monmouth Park she was an allowance winner. (2) Bee Bit was claimed from 4 out of her 5 most recent races with success on both turf and dirt.

4^th race [OC50k/SAL50k, 6F] – (2) Rooski (C) was a winner of her last two starts including a similar spot to this one at Aqueduct where she rallied late and was bet down from 6-1 to 7-2. She will enter here for the optional $50,000 tag. (5) Tweaqued was a debut winner for a $40,000 tag last month at the Big A. (1) Lady Milagro was just a nose behind the Hot List horse after having the lead and setting the pace when moving from turf to dirt. (6) Rosemary Potatoes was first-time winner in June at Monmouth in a maiden special weight at 2-1 odds. Off since then, she moves to the barn of Chad Summers.

7^th race [Alw 82000 N1X, 7F] – (2) My Roxy Girl (A) was claimed from her last two starts with a win two races back. Last time she got put in tight quarters down the stretch and had check. Once clear, she rallied to finish second. She was claimed by Linda Rice who had her in the past and moves her up to an open-company allowance. (5) Firing Carol ran her best race last time when second in a similar spot. (1) Golden Plume will move from turf to dirt for the first time for Chad Brown. This daughter of Candy Ride was heavily bet in all four starts which were fast races. (8) Timed Out has been off since February when she was enjoying success at Aqueduct in two starts after she was claimed by Rudy Rodriguez.

8^th race [NY, Franklin Square, 6 ½ F] – (5) Moam was a debut winner at Saratoga for Horatio DePaz. This rare NY-bred by Twirling Candy could be a good one given the five months to mature since her impressive beginning. The home-bred for Barry Schwartz rallied smartly to win by almost two-lengths.  (6) Leeloo broke her maiden by almost eight-lengths in her second start on a sloppy track at Aqueduct last month. She was a $150,000 yearling purchase as a son of impressive young sire Practical Joke. The second-place finisher in that race came back to win her next start by open lengths. (2) Shesawildjoker is the horse to beat based on her five-race record that includes a victory and a pair of thirds in NY-bred stakes races as a 2-year-old. She was a debut winner in June at Belmont Park for David Donk. (9) Thinking It Over won at first asking for trainer Ray Handal on a muddy track in November at the Big A in a race that was meant for the turf. Bet down to be the 2.05-1 favorite, she stalked the pace to beat a field of 11.

Best bets: Rooski (4^th); My Roxy Girl (7^th). Best value: Makingcents (3^rd); Moam (8^th).

Saturday Pick 3 Special --
The Saturday Special $1 Pick 3 covers races 2 – 4  à 3 with 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 with 1, 2, 4, 5, 6 = $25.