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 4th or worse
* - 4 or more betting notches if 11-1 or more.
4th race [R, Moc 75000C, 1 1/16 mi TURF] – (12) All Show (A) got off to a slow start in her debut last month in a field of 10 and rallied well to be second best. (11) Quoted was third behind the Hot List horse in her first start. Flavien Prat stays on board. (9) Hammers Nickel was third in her first start last month and goes to the grass with a pair of recent turf works showing. (8) Buzzer Beater was an $80,000 purchase by a $10,000 stallion so she gets in with the claiming option.
6th race [Alw 120000 N1X, 5 ½ F TURF] – (3) Silsbee (A) ran up on heels twice and lost all chance while finishing fourth. (6) Annascaul will make her first start of the year as a debut winner and has a pair of seconds in stakes races. Last seen she tried a Grade 3 at Belmont Park. (4) From Scratch won her last two races in a N2L claimer that was meant for the turf and then a starter allowance. (1) Amangani will make her first American start and her first in 2026 after racing in England and Ireland for Joseph O’Brien and gets first-time Lasix.
7th race [NY, Alw 105000 N1X, 1 1/8 mi TURF] – (7) Living the Breeze rallied from the back in a large field in her first start of the year and finished third. (4) Considerate City has three seconds in a row in a pair of allowances and then a stakes race. (8) Factory Setting got her maiden win in her second try on the grass even though the rider lost his crop in a full field. (9) Silly Season pressed the pace and got her maiden victory by a nose in her third start after getting the lead in the upper stretch.
8th race [Md Sp Wt, 6 ½ F] – (7) Bogus Operandi had a very fast debut at Delaware Park where he basically ran second the whole way and gets Johnny V. for his second race. (9) Ace in Hand was a $400,000 yearling purchase by a $25,000 stallion. (2) Zatopek was a 2-year-old who had big expectations and finally gets to the races with an extensive Saratoga worktab showing. (6) Complex Charlie comes back from an April layoff with a pair of top three finishes in his last two starts after showing early speed.
Best bets: Silsbee (6th); Bogus Operandi (8th). Best value: All Show (4th); Living the Breeze (7th).
| No. | Name | Letter/ last race | Today's Race | Comments |
| (12) | Cybertapping | D on 8/27 | 2 | Entered for Main Track Only. |
| (12) | All Show | A on 7/23 | 4 | Slow start in debut but ended up second best. |
| (3) | Silsbee | A on 8/1 | 6 | Ran up on heels twice in a large field. |
| (15) | Nonno Joe | B on 8/5 | 10 | Third on the Also Eligible List. |