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.

4^th race [Alw 82000N1X, 6F] – (8) Kant Hurry Love (A) hopped at the start, dropped back to last, and was probably the best horse as he rallied to lose by just a nose. (1) Respectfully moves to the barn of David Jacobson after last having raced in California in December. (2) Trust the Numbers was a debut winner in February of 2022 for Chad Brown at Tampa Bay Downs as the favorite. The second and third finishers on that day both were return winners. (7) Lady Milagro has been on the lead in recent races and is projected to get loose out front in this field.

5^th race [Alw 25000s, 1 3/8 mi] – (1) Good Skate has two wins and two seconds in his four starts. He was claimed for $35,000 in that sequence of races and was a front-end winner of a first-level allowance going ten-furlongs and can handle this extra long race. (7) Tonal Impact has five wins in his last seven starts with two of them for current trainer Linda Rice who claimed him for $40,000 at Churchill Downs. His wins came in a $50,000 starter allowance and a first-level allowance. (5) Locally Owned was not won in a while but was competitive against this type of horse. (6) Healing returned from a layoff to run in a turf race at Gulfstream Park and moves back to the dirt where he has several victories also.

6^th race [Md Sp Wt, 1 mi] – (5) Asmodeus (A) made a huge improvement when he was second by a nose after showing much more speed in his second career start. (3) Billy’s Got Issues (B) moved greenly in his debut when early in the race he was affected by the heavy kickback. (1) Legal Catch (B) returned from a long layoff in a $40,000 maiden claimer and finished second after climbing due to the kickback. (4) Moore’s Law was third in his first start for Chad Brown running behind a winner that can back to win again.

9^th race [Sis City, Alw 25000s, 1 mi] – (11) Tough Street has four wins in her last five starts for Chad Brown, all at Aqueduct since October. She won a $25,000 maiden claimer to qualify for this condition. (9) Know It All Audrey was claimed for $16,000 back in September and since then has three wins and three seconds in NY-bred stakes and allowance races. That claiming race made her eligible for this level starter. (6) Movie Moxy was claimed for $25,000 in January and then won a similar starter allowance last month. (1) Dancing Sophia is part of Chris Englehart entry with Trevor McCarthy named to ride both of them, so one of them will scratch. She won her last two starts at the Big A including a $25,000 claimer from which she was taken.

Best bets: Kant Hurry Love (4^th); Asmodeus (6^th). Best value: Good Skate (5^th); Tough Street (9^th).

Saturday Pick 3 Special --
The Saturday Special $1 Pick 3 covers races 4-6  à 1, 2, 8 with 1, 7 with 1, 3, 4, 5 = $24.