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 Sp Wt, 5 ½ F TURF] – (5) Rockabye (A) finished second for the second time and got to the lead as the 2-1 favorite but this time was well clear of the rest of the nine-horse field. (3) Quartz Mountain set the pace in her July debut as a 6-5 favorite. (6) Pay Monthly makes her first start for a red-hot sire and a trainer that is having a great meeting while doing well with 2-year-olds. (4) Breaker makes her second start for Repole and Pletcher.

3^rd race [Clm 12500, 1 1/8 mi] – (5) Spoiler (B) was contending for the lead and the jockey dropped one of the reins and missed by a length in a $30,000 claimer. (6) Fever Night moved through claiming conditions from N2L to N3L and comes back from an April layoff dropping back to $12,500 for Linda Rice who is second in the trainer standings. (1) Interlock Empire was claimed for $12,500 three weeks ago for a trainer with 33% wins with his new horses. (2) Shipsational drops down after getting claimed for $16,000 two races ago.

8^th race [Waya (G3), 1 3/8 mi TURF] – (6) Storm Miami has a chance to get loose on the lead with her early speed which has produced three top-three finishes in graded stakes since May. (1) Evershed was in her only start of this year with past success in graded stakes. (8) Silvology won an allowance in her second start of 2026 and also hit the board in a pair of Grade 3s last year. (5) Venencia is a past Grade 3 winner.

10^th race [NY, Alw 105000 N1X, 5 ½ F TURF] – (1) Illmatic (A) was boxed in traffic, found a late opening, had the best rally, but was third beaten by a head in a blanket finish. (8) Joker On Fire was second in his last two missing by a head at this level after a starter allowance against open company. (5) Rhyton was second in a similar spot in July. (9) Van Vollenhoven had the lead a few weeks ago and was second at this level in June.

Best bets: Spoiler (3^rd); Illmatic (10^th). Best value: Rockabye (1^st); Storm Miami (8^th).