By Bob Ehalt and Matt Shifman

Hot List Key:

A : A preferred horse to watch                   B: Secondary horse to watch
*C: Went down 2 or more betting notches in the final 3 minutes 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.

1st race – (7)  Three Cheers ran well enough in his turf debut to be the pick here. (1) Zucchero may welcome a return to turf. (2) Gold Miner had a nice work on turf for this. (4) Nickel C may fare better on turf. Betting strategy: 7 to win, place. Exacta box: 1-2-4-7.

3rd race – (1) Beauty Bolt turned in a solid effort off a layoff and should take a step forward here. (4) Loud Applause won his Tapeta debut and fits nicely here. (6) Lazio turned in some good efforts here earlier in the year. (7) New York New York is working in solid fashion for this start. Betting strategy: 1 to win, place. Exacta box: 1-4-6-7.

5th race – (10) Two Beers by Ten won his lone start on this surface and gets the nod here. (4) Dimanche Gras was second in his last two tries and can make it a hat trick. (3) Frank’s Art should appreciate a switch to Tapeta. (1) Rashid may benefit from a rail trip.  Betting strategy: 10 to win, place. Exacta box: 1-3-4-10.

7th race – (9) Bold N Breezy has a nice turn of speed and may lead throughout here. (4) Wrecking Ball steps up off a win and could be dangerous. (5) Dime Papi should fare better in this spot. (2) Wannabeeloved could hang around to the end against these. Betting strategy: 9 to win, place. Exacta box: 2-4-5-9.

9th race – (4) I Love Venezuela could be hard to catch in this spot. (6) Show Off looks like the one to fear. (7) Goodbetterbest belongs in the exotics. (8) Gunesh cannot be ignored here. Betting strategy: 4 to win, place. Exacta box: 4-6-7-8.