Couple of comments...

Pace: I also believe there will be a much faster pace and this works against WE. His pattern suggest a bounce is coming and this may be just the factor to trigger it. But even a 3pt bounce could put him in the money with a rail trip, so he must be considered

Lukas: PC has not shown the ability to pair up yet, so I'm thinking he may be one of those horses who is either moving forward or backward. I definitley expect a backward effort here, but again backing up to only the 2 range is good enough to contend.

Doro: Word was since they were planning on keeping him on the east coast permanently, they wanted a permanent east coast rider. I wouldn't read much more into it than that. 3rd race in 5 weeks, a big question mark, but he has paired 3 together so far.

USST is the sleeper and I think Crimson Hero has the best chance to improve, based on breeding (out of the same dam a Albert the Great).

A wide open race, even more confusing than the derby. let's wait and see the post positions.