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.

5^th race [Alw 50000s, 7F] – (2) Gamebred (B) tried to rally on a speed favoring track and finished third behind the two front runners. (1) Morlock finished in the top three 9 out of her last 11 races including a second at this level after pressing the pace going a mile. (5) Good Lord was claimed from his last three starts with a win three weeks ago for $50,000 for Linda Rice. (3) Trust Fund was claimed for $45,000 in January after running third in a NY-bred second-level allowance.

6^th race [Clm 50000B, 6 ½ F] – (3) Next On Stage (A) rallied for second on a speed favoring track and got claimed by Linda Rice. (4) Reliable Lady drops into a restricted claiming race for the first time after a series of allowance starts. (6) Vekomancer comes back from an October layoff and changes to the barn of Linda Rice after racing at Keeneland and Horseshoe Indianapolis. (7) Ready for Trouble has hit the board a few times at this claiming level.

7^th race [NY, Alw 77000 N1X, 1 mi] – (6) Pocket Queens (C) returned from an eight month layoff, was bet down from 5-1 to 7-2, and finished third. (4) Grace Reformed comes back from a July layoff after a race when she clipped heels but had been second at this level a few times. (1) Early On came back from an eight month layoff to finish fourth in a stakes race at Tampa. In the spring she missed by a nose in the Gazelle (G3). (2) Top of the Table moves back to NY-bred racing where she broke her maiden and fit well at this level.

8^th race [NY, Maddie May, 1 mi] – (7) Blue Note (A/C) was bet down from 7-2 to be the 2-1 favorite and rallied to win by a length for Linda Rice. (2) Galinda is undefeated in two starts including a more than nine length victory in the East View. (1) Rina’s Revenge was second in that East View while clear of the others in that field. (3) Mathea got her maiden victory with a clear margin as a heavy favorite last month.

Best bets: Gamebred (5^th); Next on Stage (6^th). Best Value: Pocket Queens (7^th); Blue Note (8^th).

Saturday Pick 3 Special --
Saturday Special $1 Pick 3 covers races 6-8 and includes the Maddie May 3, 4, 6, 7 with 1, 2, 4, 6 with 2, 7 = $32.