Fifteen 3-year-olds were entered for Thursday’s seventh race, a $77,000 optional claimer with preliminary allowance conditions that serves as the nominal feature. Eight will start if the one-mile race is run as scheduled on the Widener turf course. But a nor’easter is forecast to bring wind and rain to the region on Thursday, so the race is probably best handicapped for a wet main track. Among those entered for the grass are Baratti and Sublime, a pair of Medaglia d’Oro homebred colts from Darley Stable and trainer Kiaran McLaughlin. After losing his first six starts, all on dirt, Sublime returned from a summer freshening early at the Belmont fall meet and posted a front-running maiden score on good turf. Sublime will likely face more pace pressure than in his maiden win due to the presence of Roman Approval, who was claimed by Mike Maker for $25,000 at Saratoga. Roman Approval switched to turf for a gate-to-wire win on good going here in late September. Some give in the turf also would seem beneficial for Energy Spirit, who is also by Medaglia d’Oro. He made up a ton of ground in posting his debut win on good turf for Todd Pletcher at 26-1, and he could get a favorable race flow Thursday. Seven were entered for the main track only, and Encryption would likely rule a clear favorite based on two runner-up finishes at the meet. After chasing a very slow pace set by the $1.05 million auction yearling Mosler on Sept. 11, Encryption returned to record a career-best 97 Beyer Figure behind the highly regarded Three Alarm Fire, who is likely to run next in the Grade 3 Discovery at Aqueduct a week from Saturday. Trainer Kelly Breen said Encryption has handled a wet track well in his morning training. Five others in for dirt have been claimed recently, and in the case of Jigsaw, very recently. The Ghostzapper colt was haltered by Linda Rice out of a victory against $50,000 restricted claimers in the slop just last Thursday. He is 2 for 2 on sealed wet tracks. Rice also entered Againsome, a $400,000 yearling she claimed for $50,000 in July. Grand Strand, a $300,000 yearling buy, goes second time off a $65,000 claim by Rudy Rodriguez. He has been gelded since his last start.