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 [OC75k/SAL75k, 6F] – (6) Five Wishes took first in his third start with a front-end effort in a $50,000 maiden claimer for the connections of the Preakness winner. (2) Special Ops won a $75,000 maiden at Oaklawn Park in February and then was third in a first-level optional claimer like this one. (1) Felonius dropped in for a tag for the first time while moving back to the turf, was the winner as an even-money favorite, and was claimed by Linda Rice. (3) Life is Gravy returned from a winter layoff last month and was second in a race with these conditions.

3^rd race [OC20k/SAL16k, 7F] – (2) Silvology (B) returns from a year layoff when she had to check off heels and finished third in the Sheepshead Bay (G3). (3) Opulent Restraint makes her first start of 2026 while changing to the barn of Bill Mott and comes out of three third-place finishes in a row in graded stakes races. (1) Growth Trajectory was a debut winner on the turf for Chad Brown a year ago with a November allowance victory and comes back from a five-month layoff. (6) Peak Hype was last seen running fourth in the Pebbles (G3) at Aqueduct in November.

4^th race [Alw 50000s, 6 ½ F] – (4) Princess Ny was second in her two most recent races at this level for Linda Rice. (7) Big Air won a $55,000 claimer last time by almost five lengths also for Rice. (6) K Gun won both her starts in NY-bred races going from a $40,000 maiden claimer to a starter allowance. (1) Hey Cookie finished in the top three in a pair of similar starter allowances and both were on muddy, sealed tracks.

10^th race [Md Sp Wt, 6F TURF] – (3) No Compromise set the pace in his first start and finished second in April at Gulfstream Park at 5-2 odds. (1) He’s My Kind debuted last month in a turf sprint and rallied to get fourth when just a length from the top spot. (8) Jubilee Parade gets blinkers on after three close second-place finishes in a row at three different tracks. (5) Bremen will debut with a very fast workout recently which is unusual for trainer Shug McGaughey.

Best bets: Five Wishes (1^st); No Compromise (10^th). Best Value: Silvology (3^rd); Princess Ny (4^th).