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 55000, 1 mi] – (3) Stream It dropped into a maiden claimer in his eighth start and finished second with a speed figure that clearly tops this field. (6) Blue Mountains was claimed for $100,000 in June and makes his first start now for Linda Rice. (2) Sorrentino finished fifth in all four of his starts in maiden special weights. (8) Senior Lender returned for his second race after a year layoff and drops in for a tag for Chad Brown and Flavien Prat.

2^nd race [NY, Md Sp Wt, 7F] – (8) Tap Rules was second last month in his second start at 5-2 and Manny Franco stays on board. (2) Term Premium has a pair of seconds from three races including last time at Saratoga in August. (5) Valentine Crusader came back from a 14-month layoff while making his first start for Amelia Green and pressed the pace before ending up fourth. (3) Galicat was third behind the top choice in his second career race.

3^rd race [NY, Alw 50000s, 1 mi TURF] – (1) Maximum Heat (B) check hard on the inside while in contention and lost all momentum in an open claiming race. (2) Salt Spartan finished in the top three in his last three starts and two were on the turf. (3) Diliello came back from a short layoff to win a $40,000 open claimer. (5) Smilensaycheese was claimed from a second two races back for $16,000 and then was third after going six wide in a race with today’s conditions.

4^th race [Md Sp Wt, 6 ½ F TURF] – (3) Blazing Beauty missed by a half-length in his debut at 7-1 at Belmont in September. (4) Rockabye was fourth or better in all four of his races since July. (9) Harpist was a $750,000 daughter of Flightline making her debut for the Clement barn. (6) Aerial Affair ended up on the Tapeta in her fourth race and pressed the pace to finish second with the top speed figure in the field.

Best bets: Stream It (1^st); Tap Rules (2^nd). Best value: Maximum Heat (3^rd); Blazing Beauty (4^th).