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.

3^rd race [NY, Md Sp Wt, 6 ½ F TURF] – (4) Daisy Doo ran the best race of his career when he cut back to sprinting and gets plenty of speed to set up his closing move. (1) Story of Rory gets blinkers on after three second-place finishes in turf sprints. (7) Sultan Hassan has been off since August but used early speed to run second in both of his turf races. (6) Karsten moves back to the grass after a pair of dirt sprints.

4^th race [Clm 16000, 6F] – (5) Counterspy was a voided claim for $45,000 back in July and has eight career victories. (7) Treaty Obligation was third at Saratoga in an OC starter allowance where he finished third and was a voided claim for $40,000. (4) Osbourne comes back from a July layoff in Kentucky where Linda Rice claimed him for $32,000 when he was second at Churchill Downs. (3) Burninhunkoflove was claimed away from Wayne Potts for $20,000 at Saratoga and has 10 career victories.

6^th race [Clm 20000B, 6F] – (7) Moonlight Gal comes back from an August layoff and won the N2L for a $30,000 tag. (4) Vino Frizzante finished third three weeks ago and was claimed for $20,000 for the second race in a row. (5) Dia Por Dia was a winner of the N2L condition last month with a front-end effort. (3) Pocket Queens has a couple of top three finishes at this level during the summer.

8^th race [NY, Md 50000, 7F TURF] – (3) Copper Caduceus returned from a five-month layoff and gets blinkers on following a fourth at this level for a hot trainer at the Belmont fall meeting. (8) No Need to Panic was second and third in her last two tries at this maiden claiming level. (1) Amira’s Star gets blinkers on after her only start last month which was in a maiden special weight for a trainer who is a 30% winner with this move. (7) Force of Mischief has had plenty of early speed in her four starts and now drops in for a tag for the first time.

Best bets: Counterspy (4^th); Copper Caduceus (8^th). Best value: Daisy Doo (3^rd); Moonlight Gal (6^th).