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 [NY, Alw 75000, 6F] – (8) Teresa (B) climbed from kickback in her debut at Saratoga, tried to savage another horse, and finished third at odds of 5-2. (7) Better Humor Me was fourth in his debut at Saratoga after being close to the pace in a race where the second-place finisher came back to win. She is projected to be on the lead. (6) Island Rose was heavily bet in her first race at 7-2 at Saratoga. She raced six wide the entire race and now gets blinkers on. (2) Malu will make her first career start for Todd Pletcher with a recent bullet workout.

3^rd race [OC 62k/N2X, 6F] – (3) Bold Journey has a great record at Aqueduct including a late run for second at this level after a stumble start at the Spa. She won through her NY-bred allowance conditions with wins at the Big A. (1) Colonel Bowman has 10 victories in his career with a great record this year of 9: 6-2-1 and uses the claiming option to come back at this level where he is already a winner. (5) Eastern Bay has run well at Aqueduct in graded stakes and returns to the New York track. (2) Andiamo a Firenze is a past NY-bred stakes winner and has to face older horses in here.

5^th race [Clm 12500, 1 mi] – (8) Joker Boy (D) made a big drop in class, was bet down from 8-1 to 5-1, and was claimed. (9) Bold Victory was claimed for $20,000 back in July at Saratoga by Rick Dutrow and moves to a level where he is a win contender. (2B) Allaboutthemoney drops out of starter allowance and allowance races into this low-level claimer. (6) Dixie Drawl is a 7-year-old with 10 wins and moves to the lowest claiming as of late.

8^th race [OC 80k/C, 6F] – (3) Rosebug has five top three finishes in a row for Bill Mott including a pair of wins since racing with Lasix. (7) Captainsdaughter returns to Aqueduct and the main track after three starts on the grass at Monmouth Park with two previous wins at the Big A. (1) Rachel’s Rock was third in an optional claiming allowance at Pimilico following a four month layoff. (4) Self Isolation has 3 wins in her last 5 starts and including a top level allowance in Maryland last month. She has nine wins as a 5-year-old.

Best bets:  Bold Journey (3^rd); Rosebug (8^th). Best value:  Teresa (2^nd); Joker Boy (5^th).