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.

4^th race [NY, Md Sp Wt, 6F] – (1) Kenny B (B) ran second in his debut well clear of the rest of the field for a trainer that is better when with second-time starters. (8) Joker On Fire (B) was second in his third career start after having the lead behind a talented runner by Vekoma. (10) Sir Kartrite is a first-time starter for a trainer who is good with young horses and gets Irad Ortiz who won 4 out of 5 for him. (3) Volatile Situation will make his first start for a trainer that is having a good meeting at Aqueduct with young horses.

7^th race [Bold Ruler (G3), 6F] – (2) Top Gunner won the Parx Sprint in September in his first start being claimed for $62,500 by Brad Cox. (1) Little Vic won an allowance at Aqueduct recently and is a past winner of the Tom Fool (G3). (7) Scotland was second in the Vosburgh (G3) after a short layoff and is a better horse sprinting. (5) My Buddy B won a stakes race at Parx in August and then was fifth in the Phoenix (G2) at Keeneland.

8^th race [Forty Niner (G3), 1 mi] – (1) Repo Rocks is just shy of having $1 million in earnings and was second in the Parx Dirt Mile which is around two turns. He is a multiple Grade 3 winner of one turn races in New York. (7) Coastal Mission would also pass the $1 million mark in earnings with a first or second in this race. The West Virginia-bred ships up from Charles Town and won the aforementioned Parx Mile. (2) Messier comes back from a May layoff after winning two stakes at Aqueduct. (4) Jefferson Street gets blinkers on after running second in a sprint stakes race at Churchill.

10^th race [Mother Goose (G2), 1 1/8 mi] – (5) Gun Song was beaten by a diminishing neck in the Cotillion (G1) by Thorpedo Anna after having the lead earlier in the stretch. (3) Tarifa won a pair of Grade 2 races at Fair Grounds earlier in the year and was third in that salty edition of the Cotillion. (7) Headline Numbers will make her stakes debut after winning both of her starts for Chad Brown with an open-length maiden win and then was moved up to first by disqualification in an August allowance. (6) Life Talk came back from a five month layoff to finish second in a listed stakes at Churchill. She is a past winner of the Demoiselle (G2) at Aqueduct.

Best bets:  Top Gunner (7^th); Gun Song (10^th). Best value: Kenny B (4^th); Repo Rocks (8^th).

@NYHotList Saturday Pick 3 Special --
Saturday Special $1 Pick 3 covers races 6-8 and includes the Bold Ruler (G3) and the Forty Niner (G3)  à 1, 7 with 1, 2, 7 with 1, 2, 4, 7 = $24.