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 [Md Sp Wt, 6 ½ F] – (5) Wings Like Eagles moved from turf to dirt and had the best finish of her career getting second after setting the pace last month at the Big A. (4) Western Lane was second in her lone start on the dirt two races back. (1A) Harley Girl is out of a mare that is an unraced half-sister to Zenyatta. She produced one winner from two to start and that one was a stakes winner. (3) Sourcing Network will make her debut for Chad Brown and will be the first foal to start for the dam.

2^nd race [Clm 14000B, 1 mi] – (6) El Mayor (D) will start as a new gelding after getting bet down from 10-1 to 5-1 last time in October. (7) Forever Wicked was second or third in his last four starts for Randi Persaud who had two winners the other day. (3) Jade’s Dream was a winner two races back going two turns, cut back to a sprint most recently, and now moves to the one turn mile. (4) Last Minute Mario is projected to be on the lead once again.

6^th race [Md Sp Wt, 1 mi] – (3) Don’t Tell Amy was second in her first start in October at odds of 4-1 for Tom Morley going seven furlongs. (10) My Betsy had a pair of third-place finishes at Saratoga in her two starts thus far for Bill Mott. (7) Occult was fourth in her debut for Chad Brown at 3-1 and is expected to be on the lead against this field. (8) Serena’s Court was third in her first start last month at Aqueduct.

9^th race [Alw 50000s, 1 1/8 mi] – (1) Mo Rewards (B) stumbled back to last and then rallied to get third. (11) Tonal Impact won his last three starts moving up in conditions each time and in claiming price and was claimed from each start. He now goes for Linda Rice. (6) Millean finished in the top three in his last five starts including the last two in these starter allowances. (8) Timbuktu was second in his only start on the dirt and that was in an off the grass race. He was claimed for $30,000 last time by Michelle Nevin.

Best bets:   Wings Like Eagles (1^st); Don’t Tell Amy (6^th). Best value:  El Mayor (2^nd); Mo Rewards (9^th).