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 [Md 35000, 6 ½ F] – (6) Darty Time will make her first start of 2026 after running in a pair of races where the top two finishers all became winners. She used early speed to hit the board in her last three races. (5) My Girl Aubree finished second eight days ago as an odds-on favorite and was claimed for $16,000. (4) Tapit Back will make her first start of the year after an October debut where she was second at 2-1. (7) Covert Affair was sent off as the favorite in her debut which was only 10 days ago and got claimed for $25,000.

4^th race [Alw 50000s, 7F] – (5) Meg’s Foxy Grey raced at this starter allowance level in her last three starts with a first, second, and third-place finish. (1) Vino Frizzante had the lead in a $50,000 claimer last month and got caught near the wire but won for $35,000 before that. (3) Racing Colors was second in one of these starter allowances in February. (6) Helen’s Revenge won a NY-bred starter allowance in January.

6^th race [NY, Md Sp Wt, 6F] – (4) Lord King (A) stumbled at the start a week ago but still got to the lead and battled down the stretch to be second. (1) B Provocateur had early speed in both of his starts this year as he moved from a maiden claimer to special weights. (5) Term Premium will debut for Klaravich and Chad Brown after extensive training at Belmont since December. (6) Bakuto is another firster for a trainer that is better with debut runners than his stats show.

7^th race [Top Flight, 1 1/8 mi] – (6) Scalable won the Ladies Handicap in February going the nine furlongs following a second in the Go For Wand. (1) Bernietakescharge is as a seven-time winner with a few NY-bred stakes victories and last time was second in the Ladies. (3) Lost Horizon won both of her starts this year for Chad Brown moving from a maiden to an allowance last month. (5) Snowyte won an allowance at Gulfstream by more than 11 lengths last month in her only start of the year.

Best bets: Meg’s Foxy Grey (4^th); Scalable (7th). Best Value: Darty Time (3^rd); Lord King (6^th).