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, Alw 80000, 7F] – (8) Emirates Road was an open-length winner of a N3L claimer three weeks ago with his best speed figure in a long time. (1) Unstable Prince gets picked because of his consistent finishes in his last three starts where he had a win and a pair of seconds for a trainer that is usually unpredictable. (2) Mr. Papagiorgio won a $50,000 maiden claimer two races back. (6) Strapped had two top three finishes in his recent races following a layoff.

8^th race [Noble Damsel (G3), 1 mi TURF] – (9) Midnight Mile (A) has three second-place finishes since coming from Great Britain to join the Chad Brown barn. Last time in an allowance he was keen to run while under heavy restraint, got the lead, and missed by a neck in a blanket finish. Her first two American races were in stakes in New York. She was a Group 3 winner earlier in her career at Newmarket. (5) Alluring Angel is also from Chad Brown. She won her last two starts in allowance races following a couple of layoffs. After winning her debut, she was twice stakes placed. (2) Five Towns was third in the Canadian (G2) at Woodbine following a three month layoff for Graham Motion. She was a stakes winner in April at Laurel. (4) Edict was last seen winning a Grade 1 race in Argentina and has since moved to the barn of David Donk. She trained at Saratoga and Belmont to prepare for her American debut.

9^th race [Md Sp Wt, 6F TURF] – (4) Out too Late (B) got bumped hard in the stretch and finished second at Saratoga last month. He faced tough fields in prior races. (5) Shop Lifting returned to the turf last month and was third at Saratoga after being rank and getting bumped around hard. (7) Fundamentally has been off for a year showing two races in Kentucky for Chad Brown in which she was 4-1 and finished second in her debut. (10) Chardan had a rough trip when far back in a race in June which was won by a talented Chad Brown runner and then improved to run fourth.

10^th race [Alw 92000 N1X, 7F] – (9) Key Point was a winner last month in the second-level NY-bred allowance for Brad Cox following an almost two year layoff. (4) Printrack shows eight wins and three seconds in his past performances going distances between six and seven furlongs. (2) General Banker was second in his second start after a five-month break. (12) Escalation Clause won his debut at Aqueduct in November by two lengths at 3-1 for Chad Brown and returns as a gelding.

Best bets:  Emirates Road (4^th); Key Point (10^th). Best value: Midnight Mile (8^th); Out too Late (9^th).

Saturday Pick 3 Special --
Saturday Special $1 Pick 3 covers races 8-10 including the Noble Damsel (G3)  à 2, 4, 5, 6, 9 with 4 with 2, 4, 9, 12 = $20.