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.

4^th race [Honorable Miss (G2), 6F] – (2) Frank’s Rockette is the winner of 4 out of her last 5 starts and two of them were graded which she won by open lengths. She is fast with 5 triple-digit Beyers in her 7 most recent races and the rest of the field has only 1 of them. (1) Echo Zulu has a superb record of 9: 7-1-0 with earnings of $2.2 million. She won her 2023 debut at Churchill Downs in the Winning Colors (G3) in her first and only start at six furlongs. (3) Maryquitecontrary moved to the barn of Shug McGaughey and finished second in the Madison (G1) in Kentucky after five consecutive wins at Gulfstream Park. (4) Dr B won the Go For Wand (G3) at Aqueduct in December.

6^th race [NY, Alw 95000 N1X, 1 1/8 mi] – (1) Ichiban came back from a short layoff and broke her maiden in her second start back 11 days ago at Saratoga for Linda Rice. (5) Big Hazel beat the top choice in her most recent start in June at Belmont stretching back out to a mile. (7) Athena Beach won all four of her starts at Penn National with speed figures improving each time and in three allowance races all since February for connections that have won on the NYRA circuit in the past. (2) April Antics was second in this allowance level at Belmont three weeks ago.

8^th race [NY, OC 45k/N2X, 1 1/8 mi] – (2) Amanda’s Folly ran the best speed figure in her career for Linda Rice when she set the pace going a mile and lost by a head at this condition. (1) Cinderella’s Cause has five top three finishes in a row working her way from claiming up to this second-level allowance. (5) Sweet Mystery has been a consistent performer in five of these allowance races. (6) B.B.’s Busted has a pair of allowance victories in her last two starts at Finger Lakes.

10^th race [NY, Md 40000, 1 1/16 mi TURF] – (8) Conquist dropped into this maiden claiming level and was second by a length after setting the pace. (1) Indian Mischief made his debut in March in a maiden special weight where he set the pace at 9-2 for Linda Rice. (11) Your Mission moved to a new barn and after a layoff ran second and then third at this level. (4) English Storm returns as a new gelding and makes his first start in a NY-bred maiden claimer.

Best bets: Frank’s Rockette (4^th); Amanda’s Folly (8^th). Best value: Ichiban (6^th); Conquist (10^th).