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 [Alw 105000 N1X, 1 mi TURF] – (7) Accent (B) was second after a late rally going seven wide. (6) Majaz finished in the top three in all of her races since coming to North America to race for Mark Casse and DJ Stables. (1) Miss Nightfall will go with first-time Lasix in her first start in America after hitting the board eight times at the top tracks in England. (5) Candy Moonshine broke her maiden in October but then moved to stakes races where she used her early speed to get a third in the Chelsey Flowers.

4^th race [NY, Md 35000, 6F] – (4) Sfumato (C) broke slowly and finished second after getting bet down from 3-1 to 9-5. (11) Always Honest ran well at this level both with early speed and late rallies. (3) Kings Landyn was third in both of his starts which were at this maiden claiming level. (6) Bakuto returns to NY-bred racing and will race in a claimer for the first time. He was second in a maiden special weight in his first start in March.

6^th race [Clm 30000, 1 mi] – (1) Glen Airy (A) got pinched back at the start, ran into traffic on the inside, swung out wide, and was second in a photo finish well clear of the rest. (2) Secured Landing won twice since being claimed by Linda Rice for $32,000 in May. (7) Castle Chaos drops down to his lowest level with wins showing for $40,000 and $50,000 tags. (3) Frizzante was claimed from 8 of his last 12 starts with 10 top three finishes in that same span of races.

10^th race [NY, Funny Cide, 6F] – (5) Scramjet was one of those rare debut winners for Linda Rice who despite 8-1 odds was just better than the others and should improve as her young horses do. (2) Fullcup won his first start by almost five-lengths. (3) Mindfield was second behind the top choice at 5-1. (1) Professor Plum rallied from off the pace to win at first asking.

Best bets: Accent (1^st); Scramjet (10^th). Best value: Sfumato (4^th); Glen Airy (6^th).