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.

1^st race [Md Sp Wt, 1 1/8 mi] – (6) Paris Style finished in the top three in her last three starts at this level with two of them on wet tracks and another came off the turf. (3) Vanished moved from two races on the turf to dirt where she was third beaten by just a neck for the win. (4) Party At Grants stepped up after getting claimed for $40,000 to a maiden special weight and finished third earning her career best speed figure. (5) Rayya Valentine had two career starts on wet tracks and made a big improvement in his second race running third with a big a 20 point jump in speed figures.

3^rd race [Clm 14000B, 6F] – (1) Lady Shylock won her N2L condition and then moved up to N3L and finished third. (3) Dufresne makes a big drop in class. In her last start at Aqueduct she won a first-level allowance for NY-breds. (4) Synonymous ran on the turf in her last five starts. She won her N2L claimer at Aqueduct with what was one of her best performances. (2) Just a Nyquist was a winner in March at Aqueduct and makes her second start after a layoff.

7^th race [NY, Alw 80000 N1X, 1 mi] – (5) Kara Para won 2 of her last 3 starts including a starter allowance in her recent race with a career best speed figure. (3) Sail With the Wind ran in a pair of races that came off the turf and went on fast tracks. He broke his maiden and then was second in an allowance. (8) Dashing Della is projected to get loose on the lead in this field. (6) Shesascoldasice was third in a stakes race at Finger Lakes.

8^th race [Glen Cove, 6F TURF] – (8) Love Appeals (B) had to race off heels, got bumped, raced on the wrong lead, and finished fourth in a Saratoga stakes race. (2) Danse Macabre has 3 wins from her last 5 starts in stakes races at four different tracks. Following a layoff, she was second in the Music City (G3) at Kentucky Downs. (9) Dontlookbackatall was an allowance winner last month at Aqueduct in the best race of her career. (5) Future is Now won both of her starts in turf sprints on the Maryland circuit for a top trainer.

Best bets:  Paris Style (1^st); Kara Para (7^th). Best value:  Lady Shylock (3^rd); Love Appeals (8^th).