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 20000, 6F] – (4) Killy Start (B) got bumped and taken up at the start, rallied from last to second, and got claimed. (5) Divine Cross set the pace and finished second last time in a $16,000 claimer in his first start after getting claimed for $12,500. (6) To a T was claimed from a win for $20,000 by Rob Atras as a heavy favorite after rallying from off the pace. (7) Everlys Girl was a front-end winner for a $35,000 tag two races back.

4^th race [Clm 40000, 6 ½ F] – (2B) Taming the Tigress (D) was bet down from 6-1 to 4-1, finished fifth, was claimed for $50,000, and drops down. (3) Pretti Xtreme tried a stakes last time to no avail but was a winner in a $32,000 claimer the race before. She also won at that level at Saratoga. The Jimmy Ferraro entry of (1) Jackie the Joker and (1A) Icy Reply are both contenders at this level. (4) Anonymously won 5 out of her last 7 starts at Laurel Park in OC allowance races and drops in for a tag.

5^th race [NY, Md 25000, 1 mi] – (4) Song of Solomini was second in a $35,000 maiden claimer after pressing the pace and then lost all chance after stumbling badly at the start of a January start. (6) Apollonia Vitelli has been racing at Parx Racing in all five starts with a second and a third in her last two races and now ships up to New York to face NY-breds for the first time. (2) East Harbor made a big improvement in her second start even after having a shoe repair in the paddock right before the race. (7) Poseidon’s Mist will move back into claimers after a series of maiden special weight starts.

8^th race [NY, OC 45k/N2X, 1 mi] – (3) My First Love (D) returned from a seven-month layoff and took late money changing the odds from 12-1 to 8-1. She drops back in for the $45,000 claiming option. (4) Khali Magic won her last two starts at this level by a combined 13 lengths and got claimed for the $45,000 claiming option. (7) Gone and Forgotten tried a stakes race last time following a third-place finish at this level. (5) Racing Colors won a first-level allowance last time going the one-turn mile with a closing move.

Best bets: Taming the Tigress (4^th); Song of Solomini (5^th). Best value: Killy Start (3^rd); My First Love (8^th).