Saratoga Hotlist - August 10

Today’s NY Hot List races to watch – Wednesday, August 10, 2022 at Saratoga
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.

5^th race [Clm 35000 N2L, 1 1/16 mi TURF] – (9) Inflation Adjusted gets blinkers on as he drops into this N2L claiming condition for the first time in his second start of the year after breaking his maiden last year for Chad Brown. (10) Skylander was a maiden winner at Tampa in February for Bill Mott and gets the big class relief for the first time. (2) Parquetry broke his maiden at Gulfstream Park for Barclay Tagg and has since been trying allowances in New York. (8) B C Glory Days moves back to the grass which is clearly his best surface with two prior tries. This will be his second start following a claim.

7^th race [Alw 50000s, 5½ TURF] – (5) Starrystarryknight (B) rallied eight-wide in a turf sprint to get third only a length behind the winner in a similar spot. (2) Just Say When finished second ahead of the Hot List horse last time and is the winner of a $50,000 maiden claimer. (10) Stainless Steel makes favorable trainer change to Joe Sharp and goes from dirt to turf for the first time after last being seen at Monmouth Park running second in a $40,000 claimer. (4) Fore Harp had a promising turf debut at Saratoga shipping up from Parx Racing when he ran third after a tight inside trip in a N3L claiming race.

8^th race [Tale of the Cat (R), 7F] – (1) Isolate was stakes winner at Hawthorne for Tom Amoss in June and finds a great condition in this race restricted to horses that have not won a graded stake in 2022. (3) Southern District moved through his allowance conditions with a pair of impressive wins this spring for Chad Brown and now cuts back in distance. (5) Mr Phil has three wins in a row in allowances and then ran fifth in the True North (G2) for Rob Atras. (2) Awesome Gerry won two allowances in Kentucky for Saffie Joseph Jr. and then was third in a stake at Churchill Downs.

10^th race [Md Sp Wt, 1 3/16 mi TURF] – (7) Running Bee (B) ran second in his 2022 debut for Chad Brown behind an impressive debut winner. (5) Clubbing (B) moved from dirt to turf, was head strong, and then tried to rally into a slow pace. (2) Tiz a Giant has three second-place finishes in a row with improving speed figures in each with the most recent at Saratoga on opening day. (3) Remote had a bit of a rough trip in that aforementioned race at the Spa and ran third.  

Best bets:  Inflation Adjusted (5^th); Running Bee (10^th). Best value: Starrystarryknight (7^th); Isolate (8^th).