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 worst
* - 4 or more betting notches if 11-1 or more.

1^st race [OC 75k/C, 1 mi TURF] – (2) Matilda will make her first start in America for Chad Brown coming from Europe where she was a Group 2 winner in Germany. (3) Being Betty won a mile allowance at Gulfstream Park in January. (1) Grayosh returns after a November layoff and is a past winner of the Lake Placid (G2) at Saratoga for Chad. (4) Patty Cakes was claimed from 4 out of her last 5 races including two weeks ago and goes back to the turf.

2^nd race [Clm 12500 N3L, 1 mi] – (7) Grand Commander won the N2L two weeks ago by more than four lengths. (5) First Trumpet set the pace and then finished second behind a runaway winner and blinkers come off. (4) Tapizar’s Temper exits a pair of third-place finishes at this same claiming level. (6) Airbourne Elite was second at this level last month.

3^rd race [Clm 20000, 6F] – (5) Master of Arms is on an upward swing in form with a starter allowance victory last month and a strong speed figure. (2) Mr Skylight returned from a short layoff and was claimed by Linda Rice from a victory in a $50,000 N3L claimer. (3) Motorcade changes barns, comes back from a long layoff as a new gelding, and was a starter allowance winner. (4) Burninhunkoflove was claimed from 4 out of his last 5 races with 10 career victories.

5^th race [Md 55000, 1 mi TURF] – (2) Languid (B) broke last in his debut, finished fourth as the 5-2 favorite, and got claimed for $20,000. He shows up here as a new gelding. [(13) Melody Man and (11) Authentic Legend are win contenders if they get in from the Also Eligible list.] (7) Plaza Del Sol broke slowly in his debut got to fourth in a $30,000 claimer. (6) Swiss Army Knife will move from dirt to turf and drop back to a maiden claimer for Todd Pletcher after getting to the lead last month.

Best bets: Matilda (1^st); Master of Arms (3^rd). Best Value:  Grand Commander (2^nd); Languid (5^th).