Like everyone else on here I am also looking for a way to beat the pro tem fav, so hard to disagree with the comments about improvement and price. However in looking for the proverbial chink in the armor, I dont see CC being uncomfortable under any circumstances. Watch some of those replays from last year. Lots of experience. Now Jim C may be looking for someone who has overcome adversity, and true, CC had it but didnt overcome. I'm going to say that the rider change made a huge difference. Agapito Delgado(?) may be good, but since Victor got on him there has been much improvement. What strkes me is in those races he never quits. He keeps coming... Would love to know what trip handicappers think.