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 [NY, Md Sp Wt, 1 1/16 mi TURF] – (1) Koru made his second against NY-breds after a debut at Tampa Downs and ran a second beaten by less than a length for Chad Brown. (10) My Life Story was third in his first start against NY-breds after starting his career at Gulfstream Park. (3) Dakota Country broke slowly and was fourth in the same race as the second choice which was won by a horse that came back to win an allowance in his next start. (9) Copernicus had a crowded start in his debut at Gulfstream Park in March for Chad Brown and the blinkers go on now.

6^th race [NY, NY Stallion Series, 6F] – (2) Geopolitics (B) ran second in her second career start well clear of the rest of the field. (1) Sohana had only top three finishes in her five starts with an allowance victory most recently and a third in an April Stallion Series race. (5) Soloshot was second in an open-company allowance turf sprint. (4) Being Betty broke her maiden last year in a turf sprint at Aqueduct.

7^th race [NY, Md Sp Wt, 6F] – (9) He Has It All cut back in distance, got to the lead, and finished second in a fast sprint. (2) Irish Tenor had a second a few races back after getting to the lead out of the gate and a similar effort would win against this field. (7) Clancy Fancy was third in his last two starts on wet tracks. (6) Royal Browne made his debut last month and comes back with first-time Lasix and as a new gelding.

9^th race [NY, Md Sp Wt, 1 1/16 mi TURF] – (12) Bunny Honey missed breaking her maiden by a neck in her second start which was last month in Florida and changes trainers in order to run against state-breds. (10) Addagirl Addie made a big improvement in her first start on the grass when she rallied from far back to get second. (4) Miss City Girl made her only start which was last year at odds of 4-1 for the Clement barn. (14) Princess Summer (A) is second on the Also Eligible list.

Best bets: Geopolitics (6^th); He Has It All (7^th). Best value: Koru (3^rd); Bunny Honey (9^th).