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, 7F] – (2) Granadilla finished in the top three in her last five races including a second last time after setting the pace and it appears that she will be on the lead again. (1) Monetary Monarch has been off since January and has a second-place finish amongst her three starts. (6) Capital Spending will try the dirt for the first time after five starts and comes back from an August layoff with Dylan Davis taking over to ride. (3) Catchphrase ships up from Kentucky with an impressive worktab for trainer Will Walden. She was a $190,000 purchase as an Ocala 2-year-old.

5^th race [NY, Md Sp Wt, 6 ½ F] – (2) Forever to Go used early speed to finish second and third in her only two starts which were on the turf. She should get loose on the lead in this field. (6) Princess Mischief has a pair of thirds in maiden races and a fourth in a state-bred stakes. (8) Twirling Lulu debuted on the main track at Saratoga as the favorite but had gate troubles and then ran third on the grass last month. (4) Lottie Margaret makes her first career start for Brad Cox who has excellent stats with 2-year-olds and first-timers.

6^th race [Clm 16000, 1 mi] – (4) Trade Secret finished in the top three in her last eight starts for claiming prices from $10,000 to $25,000 and was claimed three times most recently in July. (6) Whistler’s Style was second two races back in a $32,000 open claimer. Her last victory was at the $16,000 level. (7) Hazardous Humor was claimed for $25,000 in August at Saratoga and won last month at today’s price. (3) April Antics returns to the claiming ranks where she had a win and a second after two starts in top-level NY-bred allowances.

9^th race [NY, Md 30000, 7F] – (3) Magic Beach came back from a year layoff for Linda Rice and now moves from turf to dirt after pressing the pace. (5) Judge Rules began his career racing on the dirt and then switched to grass. Now he is back to the main track with seven top three finishes from 12 starts. (8) Big Ego was third in his last two races as the favorite. (4) Big Rich will drop into a maiden claimer for the first time.

Best bets: Granadilla (1^st); Trade Secret (6^th). Best value: Forever to Go (5^th); Magic Beach (9^th).