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.

2^nd race [Clm 16000, 1 mi] – (5) Tough Street was claimed from his last three starts, finished in the top three in his six most recent, and now goes for Linda Rice with five wins at the mile distance. (1) Heavenly Light was a winner at this level last time when Flavien Prat got on board for the first time three weeks ago. (6) That’s Funny drops back to a level at which she should be competitive. (7) Summer Flower is a New Jersey-bred who was claimed in August from his first start in New York.

3^rd race [Md 20000, 1 mi] – (6) Oath has been off since April when she was claimed by Rice at Keeneland for $50,000. (4) Immaculate Moon makes a big drop in class after running fourth for $85,000 at Saratoga. (5) Madeline’s Agenda is another one who has been racing against better. (7) Bombs Away changes to the barn of Bruce Levine after an April layoff and three races at Gulfstream Park.

4^th race [NY, OC 45k/N2X, 7 ½ F TURF] – (6) All of It won her first two starts in the spring and last month was third at this level in September. (2) Maria Callas won the first-level allowance a month a ago for Chad Brown. (5) Sweet Anniversary had a second and a third at Saratoga in similar spots and then was a winner against open company. (4) Brokealltherules won twice this summer upstate in the first NY-bred allowance and a starter allowance versus open company.

8^th race [NY, Md 50000, 6 ½ F TURF] – (5) Sweetnessthrtyfour (B) returns from a 16-month layoff when he set the pace, missed by a neck in his debut, and now has blinkers and Lasix. (7) Richies Love had the best race of his career last month when he moved from dirt to turf for the first time. (2) Dinghy Bar drops back in for a tag for the first time since he ran second and the blinkers go back on. (3) Engraved goes first-time claiming for the top trainer and jockey.

Best bets: Tough Street (2^nd); Oath (3^rd). Best value: All of It (4^th); Sweetnessthrtyfour (8^th).