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 [NY, Md Sp Wt, 6F] – (6) Callaloo (B) drifted back to last in his second start and then rallied greenly into a slow pace. Blinkers go on. (5) My Man Matty was second in his debut behind a horse that came back to win his next start. He is projected to be on the lead. (4) Empire Sky will make his first start on the dirt after very good results in five turf races. (3) Dreampoint was third in his move from turf to dirt. He has had plenty of starts with eight top three finishes.

2^nd race [Clm 35000 N3L, 7F] – (2) Amedeus Music (C) was bet down from 7-1 to 7-2 and responded with a victory by almost five lengths in a N2L claimer with a career high speed figure. (4) King James will make his third start after a long layoff with an improved effort and is projected to be on the lead. (1) Good Skate had the lead and missed the win by a neck with a game effort in an open $50,000 claimer and now drops back to this restricted condition. (3) One More Score returns from an April layoff as a new gelding and drops into a N3L claimer for the first time.

5^th race [NY, Md 40000, 6 ½ F] – (4) Good Morning Kiss will drop into a claimer for the first time in her third start for Linda Rice who is sending horses to the track ready to win at Aqueduct. (7) Blanchiment has shown plenty of early speed in her last three starts and that makes her a threat to win this race. (6) Midnight Rosie drops into this maiden claimer after going off at 7-1 in her debut and having a very wide trip. (1) Aperol Spritz will make her debut for the team of Kelly Breen and Mr Amore Stable which brought you Firenze Fire.

6^th race [Clm 14000 N3L, 6F] – (8) Quickflash was fourth in a starter allowance after a short layoff and makes a significant drop down where he is expected to be loose on the lead. (2) Turnsandconditions changes barns after a layoff from August and drops down to the lowest claiming level of his career. (9) Majestic Tiger was second at this level last time with a much improved speed figure. (5) Brunate has six top three finishes in his last seven starts. Both of his wins were at the Big A.

Best bets:   Good Morning Kiss (5^th); Quickflash (6^th). Best value:  Callaloo (1^st); Amedeus Music (2^nd).