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, 7F] – (3) Dark Princess (A) broke last in a maiden claimer, rallied for third, and was probably best on that day. She was a voided claim on that day in May. (1) Stunningly ran the best race of her career in her fourth start she was second at Belmont Park with a huge jump in speed figures. (8) Portage set the pace in the same race as the second choice above and finished thirf in her second start for Linda Rice. (4) Sister Maha is a daughter of American Pharoah who will make her first career start for Todd Pletcher after a series of impressive workouts at Saratoga.

4^th race [Clm 32000, 1 mi] – (3) Pretti Xtreme had a third and a second for Brad Cox at Oaklawn Park and drops back to a claimer where last she was a winner and was taken by Cox at Chruchill Downs in September. (4) Good Penny returns from an April layoff and makes her second start since she was claimed from a victory by Ron Moquett at Oaklawn in March. (5) Halo City was claimed for $20,000 at Belmont where she missed the win by a nose. (2) With This Vow will make her second start for Rick Dutrow and moves from turf to dirt after a second in a $32,000 claimer.

8^th race [Alw 20000s, 7F] – (8) She Caught My Eye was a front end winner in a $50,000 starter allowance at Belmont last month for the red hot team of Linda Rice and Jose Ortiz. (2) Know It All Audrey gets some class relief after finishing in the top three in her last 11 races which were in allowance and stakes company. (3) Knowing Glance exits a victory in a $25,000 starter at Monmouth Park in her first start after being claimed for $30,000 by Kelly Breen. (1) Mosienko also finds a softer spot moving back to starter allowance company where she won in March at Aqueduct.

10^th race [NY, Stallion Series, 1 mi TURF] – (7) Ramblin’ Wreck (A) broke badly in his first start of the year and rallied to win a similar Stallion Series stakes race last month at Belmont. (3) Laurel Valley (B) had a bad trip last time but admittedly belongs in a maiden claimer as opposed to this spot. (8) Twenty Six Black is in fine form this year with a maiden win, an allowance win, and a second behind the top choice after having the lead in the stretch. (2) Itsallcomintogetha was third in that prior Stallion Series race after a maiden breaker at Belmont in May.

Best bets: Pretti Xtreme (4^th); Ramblin’ Wreck (10^th). Best value: Dark Princess (1^st); She Caught My Eye (8^th).