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 worse
* - 4 or more betting notches if 11-1 or more.

1^st race [Md 40000, 1 1/16 mi TURF] – (6) Elevated Causeway (B) was held up in the stretch, had to check, and still managed to finish third. (8) Collect from Ike was claimed by Linda Rice for $50,000 from his debut at Keeneland and then was moved to the turf and raced in second, for basically all of the race, and was beaten by only a head. (7) Steady Scheming beat the Hot List horse last time by a neck for second after having the lead in the stretch. (5) Rockstar Red will drop from maiden special weights for the first time after setting the pace. Bill Mott has great stats with maidens dropping in for a tag.

3^rd race [Perfect Sting, 1 mi] – (2) Technical Analysis will make her 2023 debut as a 5-year-old for Chad Brown with a superb record last year that included two wins and two seconds in graded stakes races. (3) Haughty will make her second start of this year for Brown after tiring in a Grade 2 at Churchill Downs. Last summer she won the Lake Placid (G2) at Saratoga. (1) Customer List is the third Brown runner in this field of five. She won a Monmouth Park allowance in her initial start of the year. (5) Evvie Jets won a stakes race at Aqueduct in her debut for the year with a front-end effort.

8^th race [Clm 32000, 7F] – (5) Risk Profile (A) was shut off at the start and taken up in his most recent start and was claimed by Linda Rice. (8) No More Talk won his last two starts while moving up the claiming ladder since joining the barn of David Jacobson. (6) Ragtime Blues gets blinkers on in his second start since being claimed for $25,000 and is projected to be on the lead. (4) First Deputy was claimed for $20,000 last time out after a second when beaten by less than a length.

9^th race [Md Sp Wt, 1 1/4 mi TURF] – (4) Jet City Woman (A) got bumped in the stretch of her last race when she rallied from ninth to finish second just behind the winner in her first start on the grass. (3) Wardeya has a third and a second for Todd Pletcher, switched to the grass, and finished behind a horse that came back to win her next start. (6) High Stick returned to the turf for her second race of the year, ran second, and made a huge improvement in speed figures for Shug McGaughey. (8) Tawaret will return from a short layoff to make her third career for the Clement barn. Last time she had to race from the 11 post position.

Best bets: Elevated Causeway (1^st); Technical Analysis (3^rd). Best value: Risk Profile (8^th); Jet City Woman (9^th).