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.

2^nd race [Alw 50000s, 1 1/8 mi] – (7) Desert Dalliance (C) was bet down from 7-1 to 7-2 in her second start following a layoff when she rallied wide to finish second with a big increase in speed figures. (4) She Caught My Eye won two of her last three starts moving from a N2L to a N3L with an almost 11 length victory in January when she was claimed for $14,000 by Linda Rice. (5) Vodkatini set the pace and finished second just two weeks ago at this starter allowance level. (1) Wishing On a Star broke his maiden for $20,000 just two weeks ago.

3^rd race [Clm 25000 N3L, 1 mi] – (5) Higher Quality won a $40,000 N2L claimer back in July at Saratoga. (2) Colloquy won his second race for a $40,000 tag and then stepped up to face a starter allowance field and was fifth. (7) Midnight Worker drops back to the $25,000 level where he was a winner back in January. (1) Centavo has two career wins at Aqueduct and a win and a second at the Big A recently.

6^th race [Md Sp Wt, 1 mi TURF] – (9) Won an Angel (A) was second back In October in his debut in a turf sprint for this Colts Neck Stable home bred. (6) Ohana Honor will make his second start following a long layoff and will try the turf for the first time for Shug McGaughey. (2) Sacred Rhyme will make his debut for Chad Brown and as we know Brown is a frequent winner with his turf firsters. (1) Equal Protection faced two very strong fields in his first two starts and then moved to the turf where he ran fifth after steadying around the eighth pole.

8^th race [OC80K/N3X, 6F TURF] – (4) Nothing Better has been off since 2022 when he hit the board in all seven starts with his last five races in stakes. He won the Turf Sprint Championship at Aqu in November. (9) Slipstream is a graded stakes winner at Belmont Park. He also won a Stake at Keeneland in April and then went to Royal Ascot for Christophe Clement. (1) Thin White Duke and (1A) Yes and Yes are both win contenders for David Donk. (2) Anaconda ran in a pair of stakes races for Joe Sharp following a layoff with a big improvement in speed figures last month.

Best bets: Desert Dalliance (2^nd); Higher Quality (3^rd). Best value: Won an Angel (6^th); Nothing Better (8^th).