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 35000/NY 40000, 7F] – (9) Authentic Beauty dropped in for a tag for the first time for $50,000 and finished third. (3) Bounding Along missed a debut victory by a head in May at Aqueduct at 5-2. (2) Key Actress will move from turf and synthetic to dirt after showing early speed with a second and third recently. (6) Run On States made her first start of the year in a maiden special weight against NY-breds 18 days ago.

2^nd race [Clm 50000 N2L, 1 1/16 mi TURF] – (9) In the Dark (C) was bet down from 9-2 to 3-1 in his first start since breaking his maiden for $55,000 and set the pace to finish second for a $55,000 tag. (2) Maximum Promise was claimed for $50,000 two races back and then tried a starter allowance. (1) Madagascar was third and got claimed for $55,000 in May then ran in an allowance that was too tough. (5) Blast Furnace drops in for a tag in his second race of the year and consistently raced against better.

5^th race [R, Md Sp Wt, 5 ½ F TURF] – (4) Cadillac Mary debuted at 5-2 last month sat in stalking position before rallying to second before ending up third behind a filly who won her next start and she was far ahead of the rest of the field. (9) Side Quest gets blinkers on after running fourth in a maiden special weight debut at Churchill with 4-1 odds. (5) By Grace showed early speed last year at Churchill and comes back for her first start this year. (7) Miss Money Pants was second in May in her first race at the Big A and then had a troubled start.

7^th race [NY, Suzie O’Cain, 1 1/16 mi TURF] – (5) Celtic Dawn is undefeated in three starts going from a debut win last year as a 2-year-old at Saratoga to win an allowance at Aqueduct in May and then a NY Stallion Stakes in June at the Big A. (4) Encantar was a maiden winner in her first stat of the year and then was second in a NY Stallion Series stakes race. (3) All of It won her only two starts by open lengths and they came in April and June. (1) New York Special was a maiden winner in her second start after moving from dirt to turf at Saratoga in June.

Best bets: Authentic Beauty (1^st); Celtic Dawn (7^th). Best value: In the Dark (2^nd); Cadillac Mary (5^th).