Friesan Fire

[Bobby Fischer]

FF is the best classic distance horse in the race, and quietly a triple crown threat with the Preakness being the real challenge depending on who enters,

but people aren't really handicapping this, so much as they feel this is a "difficult race" and Friesan Fire is being labled a "mudder" because he happened to win the LA Derby in the mud an probably has a high Tomlinson Wet score.
It also hurt a little that the DRF closer look calls him the one to beat.