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 worse
* - 4 or more betting notches if 11-1 or more.

2^nd race [Clm 50000 N2L, 1 mi TURF] – (1) Saratoga Gaze will make her third start of the year and drops into the N2L condition for the first time. She has past early speed that would be beneficial at this level. (4) Snow Loves a Fight broke her maiden at Belmont Park last year with an effort that would make her dangerous in here. (3) Kannon Fire was a debut winner on the turf at Aqueduct in April, tried winners in a pair of allowances, and now drops in class. (6) Jolly Miss Jill was claimed from a similar level race that was meant for the turf and has early speed that she should use in her first start for Linda Rice who has strong stats with her new horses.

3^rd race [Clm 14000 N2L, 6F] – (5) Storm Shooter has early speed that he can use in this field that is not fast early. (1) Bastet will make his third start of the year after a third and a second at this level and gets a change to a veteran jockey. (3) Bourbon’s Hope was a winner of the N2L claimer last time. (7) Star Attitude has improved speed figures in his last three starts with a victory in a N2L condition just a week ago.

7^th race [OC 62K/N2X, 1 1/8 mi] – (2) Curbstone has three wins and a second since joining the barn of Tom Morley and all three victories were at the nine furlong distance. (3) Systemic Change won his last two starts with pace pressing efforts for Chad Brown. (1) Tonal Impact has top three finishes in his last 10 starts and that includes four wins for Rice. (4) Galt has two starts this year with improved speed figures and a second last time.

9^th race [NY, Md 40000, 1 1/16 mi TURF] – (2) Shoppingatbloomies was claimed in her first start of the year where she had to steady twice at odds of 5-1. (5) Lem Me Drink moved back to the turf last month and has a big jump in speed figures while finishing second. (10) Orange Freeze will make her second start of the year and needs to improve to her efforts from last year. (6) Bernt Again also got back to the grass last month and will need to use the early speed that she has shown.

Best bets: Storm Shooter (3^rd); Curbstone (7^th). Best value: Saratoga Gaze (2^nd); Shoppingatbloomies (9^th).