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 [Clm 20000, 1 mi TURF] – (2) Tour Jete makes a big drop down into the claiming ranks with a second in a starter allowance in October. (5) Top of the Table returns from a March layoff and goes back to the turf after two top three finishes in NY-bred allowances. (3) Tiznow Mama will make her first appearance in a claimer and is a turf winner. (4) Huntress was second in a $45,000 starter allowance in May.

2^nd race [NY, Md Sp Wt, 1 mi] – (4) Close the Loop pressed the pace in her debut, finished second at 2-1, and gets blinkers on. (1) Into the Unknown rallied from the back to finish second in a full field at Saratoga in the beginning of the month. (2) Bounding Along rallied from last to miss by a head in her first start at 5-2. (5) Tactically will make her debut and sold for $75,000 and is by a $5,000 stallion.

3^rd race [OC 110k/C, 6F] – (1) T Kraft won in a similar spot last month, comes back to a race that is loaded with early speed, and can sit an ideal stalking trip. (4) Acoustic Ave raced in three graded stakes recently including the Nerud (G3) in May when he missed by a neck. (2) Over and Ollie dropped out of a pair of stakes and battled with the top choice to be second. (3) Ignite the Light comes back from an April layoff as a veteran of these top-level allowances with 2 wins from his last 3 starts.

4^th race [NY, Alw 82000 N1X, 1 1/16 mi TURF] – (3) Starship Pegasus makes her first start of the year after running in the Pebbles (G3) after a maiden score. (5) Considerate City comes back after three weeks with a third and a second in similar allowance races. (6) Cosmic Candy Girl has a pair of thirds this year in NY-bred allowances. (8) Boomington appeared in stakes races last year and made her first start of the year at Saratoga three weeks ago.

5^th race [NY, Alw 82000 N1X, 6F TURF] – (5) Oriole Way makes her 2026 debut after two starts last year as a first-time winner at Monmouth Park and then was second in a NY-bred stakes behind a very talented runner who won her next start also. (3) Disco Star has lots of stakes experience and hit the board twice this year in allowances. (8) Boston’s Phinest also has two top three finishes this year. (7) Fairy Godmother was an open-length winner of a maiden claimer moving back onto the grass last month.

6^th race [Alw 55000s, 1 1/8 mi] – (2) Ez Roll has 3 wins from his last 4 starts in NY-bred allowances with a career best victory nine days ago. (1) Georgia Magic has been facing strong open company competition and was claimed for $55,000 two races back. (10) First Blessing was third in a similar starter allowance at the beginning of the month. (4) Willintoriskitall tried a turf sprint last time and goes long where he is best.

7^th race [NY, Md 50000, 1 1/16 mi TURF] – (1) Rossbeigh just missed in two races at this level including at the June Saratoga meeting. Manny Franco stays on board. (9) Big Frosty rallied from behind in his second start in May and was a close second. (10) Bourboncentric had a troubled trip in his debut in the same race as the top choice. (7) D C Boy’s will drop in for a tag for the first time with a pair of top three finishes.

8^th race [NY, John Hettinger, 6F TURF] – (8) Sweet Brown Sugar (A) was first or second in several NY-bred stakes and last time ran second against open company in her first turf try. (4) With the Angels won her first four races against NY-breds, won stakes against open company, and tries turf for the first time. (9) Sunday Girl won this race last year after prepping in the open-company Correction and trainer Duggan tries the same thing this year. (5) Silsbee made her first start of this year against open company where she had the lead but finished second.

9^th race [Alw 16000s, 1 1/8 mi] – (10) Concorde Spirit (C) was bet down from 3-1 to 9-5 and had a wide trip leading to a third, nine days ago. (5) Trusty Rusty has four second-place finishes in a row against tougher competition in Kentucky and California. (4) Assume Nothing has two starts this year and dropped down to easily win a $16,000 claimer at Parx Racing. (9) Peek returns from an April layoff and drops down to a level at which he is a past winner.

No.	Name	Letter last race	Today's Race	Comments
(8)	Sweet Brown Sugar	A on 5/11	8	Second by a neck in turf debut.
(10)	Concorde Spirit	C on 6/19	9	Comes back in nine days after a wide trip.