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 [Md 75000, 1 mi TURF] – (2) Chester Boy drops in for a tag for a trainer who wins at 42% with first-time maiden claimers. (5) Executive changes barns and goes in a maiden claimer for the first time with blinkers on. (4) Rebalancing is a first-time starter for Chad Brown who sold for $425,000 as a Keeneland yearling and trained at Monmouth Park. (6) Fateful Lightning drops back to a claimer where two races ago he finished second.

3^rd race [Alw 55000s, 7F] – (3) Golden Symphony was a winner in a $25,000 open claimer two weeks ago and shows a $50,000 claiming winner in December. (6) Cocktailsnkringle pressed the pace in a similar starter allowance and finished second. (2) Farm Team rallied from the back of the field to finish second behind the top choice. (5) Gypsy Dreaming set the pace and was fourth and got claimed for $55,000 in May.

4^th race [NY, Md 50000, 6F] – (8) Richies Love has a pair of second-placed finishes in a row in an open $25,000 maiden claimer and then in a $50,000 race for NY-breds. (4) Speightful Storm moves in for a tag for the first time and blinkers come off. (7) Chris’s Song was last seen in April running third in a similar spot after pressing the pace. (6) Aristide Maillol goes for a tag for the first time after four races.

7^th race [Clm 25000 N3L, 6 ½ F] – (6) Typhoon Fury (B) had an awkward start which put him far back in last, but he rallied to fourth behind two horses that came back to win their next starts. (7) Math Tutor was an open-length winner at the N2L level for $30,000 in April. (5) Manhattan Chrome was a front-end winner also of a $30,000 right after a maiden claiming victory. (3) Executive Order will drop in for tag for the first time after running in the Champagne (G1) after a debut victory.

Best bets: Chester Boy (1^st); Golden Symphony (3^rd). Best Value: Richie’s Love (4^th); Typhoon Fury (7^th).