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, 6F] – (3) Mooney Mooney (B) got bumped soundly in her debut, ran second, and now gets Lasix. (1) Nobleandgreenough will make her second start after pressing the pace at 3-1 in her first career start. (5) Graceful ran third in both of her starts this year and made a big jump in speed figures last time. (6) Karen’s Honor ships up to Belmont Park after 10 races at Gulfstream Park.

2^nd race [Clm 32000, 1 mi TURF] – (7) Mariah’s Fortune (B) made her first start on the turf where she was rank on the inside, had to steady, finished fourth, and got claimed. (1) Tass will make her first start of the year and drops out of four stakes races with a victory at Colonial Downs in the summer. She was a winner the last time that she ran for a tag. (5) Lucky Peridot returns from a short layoff and drops back into the claiming ranks in her first start back in New York. (2) Aziza was a winner in a claimer at Tampa Bay Downs in her last start. Flavien Prat gets on board.

4^th race [OC 62K/N2X, 1 mi] – (6) Know It All Audrey won a first level allowance by more than four lengths after winning all of the NY-bred allowances and a state-bred stakes race. She also is projected to be on the lead. (1) Honey Money does her best running at Belmont and at the mile distance. She comes back after a week following her last start in a two horse field. (4) Dancing Sophia won her last three starts which happened this year at Aqueduct and comes back after a brief layoff. (5) Movie Moxy has recent speed figures that make her a contender at this level.

8^th race [NY, OC 45k/N2X, 1 mi TURF] – (3) Whatlovelookslike (B) stumbled at the start of her first start of the year and then rallied to finish second. (2) Silken Dollar (D) was bet down from 8-1 to 6-1 in her first start of 2023 and she pressed the pace to run fourth. (6) Dream Central will make her first start of the year and drops into an allowance after racing in state-bred stakes where she won at Saratoga. (4) Starship Laoban ran third in her first turf start for Jamie Ness who is dangerous when he ships to New York.

Best bets: Know It All Audrey (4^th); Whatlovelookslike (8^th). Best value: Mooney Mooney (1^st); Mariah’s Fortune (2^nd).