Tend to agree you've identified the quick steppers.

Flying First Class has Big League Speed. That Derby Trial was a scorcher, though he did appear to tire a bit in the lane. Theres really no telling if this horse wants to go a distance of ground. He ran a huge 6 pole figure and then appears to have taken some time to recover/mature, but his last certainly looks to be a very positive step forward even if he hasn't fired a good race vs. the A Team. The Coach is talking "reserved smack". He hasn't done much since Commendable's lucky trip but he is the Da Coach and probably has forgotten more than Kid Pletcher will ever know.

To my eye, Hard Spun looks fast enough to pull past Xchanger and settle near the rail to bide his time. Making the pace didn't earn him the Crown last, so I tend to think they'll rate and finish with more energy this trip. All things considered thought he finished with good energy last.

Xchanger is a tough read. He did appear to come alive at Pimlico last, but it was against a much less accomplished bunch of horses and has to pick up minus 4 lengths. Still, he ran on the pace and put a surge in at a time in the race when he had been fading. Dominguez doesn't appear to hurt either.

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> Flying First Class on the lead with Hard Spun
> stalking in the two path.
>
> Dominguez will tuck Xchanger back into third on
> the rail(the Scrappy T trip)
>
> The only way Dominguez goes on the engine is a bad
> break out of the gate by FFC.
>
> The rest don't have the early quicks to get
> involved.