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.

1^st race [NY, Md Sp Wt, 6 ½ F] – (6) Big Prankster (B) rallied for second beaten by just a neck in his debut behind a Hot List horse. (9) Six Fortyfive (C) got bet down from 9-1 to 7-1 and finished second in his debut. (8) Rob the Bank was third in his only start on the dirt. (5) Nano Man will move from turf to dirt with a second and a fourth in a pair of turf sprints.

5^th race [Hill Prince (G2), 1 1/8 mi TURF] – (2) Laurel Valley (C) ran third after getting bet down from 14-1 to 10-1 and now tries a graded stakes race for the first time. (3) Integration is unbeaten in two starts for Shug McGaughey including the Virginia Derby (G3) at Colonial Downs in September. (5) Faraday won both of his starts this year for Chad Brown and is a half-brother of Sadler’s Joy and a half to Wolfie’s Dynaghost. (9) Classic Catch was entered for turf in his last two starts where he won an allowance at Saratoga and then was second in the Jockey Club Derby Invitational.

6^th race [Alw 90000 N1X, 1 1/8 mi TURF] – (11) Cyber Ninja (A) rallied wide from last to third on a track that was favoring inside runners. (13) Quality G (B) has top three finishes in 8 out of 9 starts with a win that came between a couple of seconds. (10) Barrage was fourth in a NY-bred turf stake last time with one of his best speed figures ever. (5) Harry Hood won a starter allowance going the nine furlongs on the grass at Aqueduct last month.

10^th race [Alw 50000s, 6F] – (10) Will Be Famous (B) may be best on the dirt, set the pace last time, and ended up second. (4) Ice Reply was second beaten by a just a neck in a starter allowance last month. (5) She’s Awesome was claimed from a winning effort for $40,000 by Linda Rice just nine days ago. (7) Spun Special came back from a short layoff to win her first try racing for a tag.

Best bets: Big Prankster (1^st); Cyber Ninja (6^th). Best value: Laurel Valley (5^th); Will Be Famous (10^th).

Saturday Pick 3 Special --
The Saturday Special $1 Pick 3 covers races 4-6 and includes the Notebook and Hill Prince (G2)  à 5, 6 with 2, 3, 5, 9 with 10, 11, 13 = $24.