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 [Md 50000, 6 ½ F] – (3) Social Hour drops back down to this $50,000 level where he was third two races back and was claimed. (6) Stormin Sammy finished second or third in 6 out of 7 starts most recently in a state-bred stallion race a Colonial Downs a week ago. In that race he set the pace and got nipped by a nose. (4) Bobby Bob was third in January for a $40,000 tag. (2) Honor the Bull debuted at Tampa Downs in January in a maiden special weight for a barn that is winning at 36% at this Aqueduct meeting.

4^th race [NY, OC 80k/N1X, 6 ½ F] – (4) Bam’s Bliss Kiss was second in a similar spot two weeks ago following a layoff from December. (2) Sassy Shenanigans was a maiden winner by more than three lengths following an eight-month layoff which was her debut. (5) Carmen’s Candy Jar won her first start last summer and since then has a few top three finishes in NY-bred stakes. (7) Miss American Pie broke her maiden in her second race which was last month.

5^th race [Clm 25000 N3L, 7F] – (2) Az U Chase Me won his N2L condition for a $40,000 tag two races ago in January. (1) Tiz Donegal returns as a NY-bred that has only raced in Louisiana and comes back from a December layoff for a New York trainer. Two years ago, he ran in the Super Derby at La. Downs. (6) Neuschwanstein gets blinkers on after finishing third in a similar spot last month. (3) Boss Three O Two was claimed for $16,000 last time when he won at the N2L level.

8^th race [Clm 16000 N2L, 6F] – (4) Iron Man Ira was third in a $25,000 N2L race three weeks ago. (2) B Fifty Two was last seen in July in Kentucky allowance races and changes to the barn of David Duggan as a new gelding. (5) Wajda was claimed by Linda Rice for $20,000 and then broke his maiden for that same price by four lengths after racing on the lead. (10) Freedsdale set the pace and finished second at today’s level two starts back and then tried a $25,000 claimer.

Best bets: Social Hour (1^st); Bam’s Bliss Kiss (4^th). Best value: Az U Chase Me (5^th); Iron Man Ira (8^th).