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.

2^nd race [Md 50000, 1 mi] – (5) Metatron (B) was off for 15 months, had to rally seven wide, and got to third after a barn change. (4) Fiddling Felix drops back in for a tag where he hit the board all three times. (7) Private Flight drops into a maiden claimer for the first time for a veteran trainer that is winning some races lately. 2) Extrasensory debuted on the turf at Saratoga and gets blinkers on for Chad Brown.

5^th race [Moc 75000, 6F TURF] – (5) Honor the Numbers (A) was taken up at the start, had to rally wide from 12 lengths behind in her August debut at Saratoga, and finished second a half-length behind. (7) Bashful Baby will drop in for a tag in her second start and gets a significant rider upgrade for turf sprinting. (11) South Philly Slide battled with the pace for the entire race and was a close second when she moved from dirt to turf. She is first on the AE list. (4) Greyjoy was third in her only race which was last month at Aqueduct.

6^th race [Clm 30000 N2L, 6 ½ F] – (2) Itwillbefun was claimed in April for $40,000, had some bad luck since then, and makes her second start following a short layoff. (3) Helen’s Revenge comes back from a March layoff and drops into the N2L condition since breaking her maiden at Oaklawn Park. (8) Take Me to Londyn returns from a January layoff, gets first-time Lasix, and tries N2L for the first time. (9) Chocolatechocolate had five top three finishes in maiden claimers before getting the win three weeks ago and was claimed for $20,000 by Linda Rice.

8^th race [NY, Md 50000, 1 1/16 mi TURF] – (7) Sky Low Low (B) came back from a 10 month layoff, got pinched back to 11^th, and then rallied to second in her first start after a barn change. (2) Just One More set the pace three weeks ago in a similar spot and finished second. (5) Princess Summer finished in the top three twice recently in this kind of race and comes back from a short layoff. (9) Charmeuse was entered for the turf for her first start last month but went on a muddy track and drops in for a tag as the turf season winds down in New York.

Best bets: Metatron (2^nd); Itwillbefun (6^th). Best value: Honor the Numbers (5^th); Sky Low Low (8^th).