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.

3^rd race [Clm 20000 N2L, 1 mi] – (3) Come Full Circle (A) raced wide on an inside, speed favoring track and was much the best finishing second by a nose and got claimed for $17,500. (2) Sequential finished in the top three in 5 out of his last 6 races including a $40,000 maiden claimer two races back and a third last month for $30,000. (5) Maldini got claimed from a third-place finish for $20,000 in February. (4) Smallchangegeep was a maiden winner for $30,000 who drops down after facing tougher competition since then.

5^th race [Clm 16000, 6F] – (2) My First Love (B) raced six-wide on a speed inside favoring track and finished third. (6) Jackson’s Dixie won a $16,000 claimer in November, then was second for $25,000, and was overmatched in a NY-bred allowance. (3) Echo in Eternity drops out of a pair of starter allowances to this level where last seen she was second. (1) Troubled Luck will be a longshot with a chance to get into the trifecta.

6^th race [Clm 50000B, 6F] – (3) Typhoon Fury (A) could not gain ground on a speed favoring track and finished second. (6) Mr Skylight was claimed for $62,500 in November at Churchill when third and then tried a second-level allowance at Aqueduct where he got the show spot. (2) Paradise Valley hit the board in 7 out of his last 9 starts and drops in for a tag with seven career wins showing. (1) Asleep At Eight pressed the pace and finished third by a neck in January following at short layoff.

7^th race [NY, Alw 35000s, 6 ½ F] – (4) Timia (C) was bet down from 4-1 to 3-2, had the lead, finished second, but the rider gave only a mild hand ride, and gets a jockey change. (2) Cloudy Chance has four top three finishes in a row most recently in a similar starter allowance. (1) Scarlet’s Dream has a pair of seconds at Aqueduct in $30,000 claimers against open company. (6) Irish Jackson returns from a July layoff when she was third in a first-level allowance for NY-breds.

Best bets: Come Full Circle (3^rd); Timia (7^th). Best Value: My First Love (5^th); Typhoon Fury (6^th).