2023 Blue Grass Stakes morning-line odds, picks, post time: Racing insider offers betting strategy for Saturday's Kentucky Derby prep race

The Todd Pletcher-trained Tapit Trice will look to win his fourth straight race when he faces 10 other horses in the 2023 Blue Grass Stakes on Saturday at Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, Ky. A 3-year-son of Tapit, Tapit Trice has three wins and a third in four career starts. He is the 5-2 morning-line favorite in the Blue Grass Stakes odds. The Brad Cox-trained Verifying is second in the odds at 3-1 in the 11-horse Blue Grass Stakes field, while Raise Cain (9-2), Blazing Sevens (6-1) and Sun Thunder (10-1) round out the top five on the odds board. Post time for the $1 million race is 5:15 p.m. ET. 

With several lightly raced 3-year-olds set to enter the starting gate on Saturday, you'll want to see what racing insider and Beyer Speed Figure maker Bob Weir has to say before making any 2023 Blue Grass Stakes picks.

A member of the Beyer Speed Figure-making team who is based in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., Weir is a two-time qualifier for the prestigious National Horseplayers Championship in Las Vegas. He has produced multiple five-figure days at the track over the years, including a $60,000 Pick 6 at Del Mar in 2014.

Last year he was red-hot in the Triple Crown prep races, hitting the superfecta in the Blue Grass Stakes for $1,678 and exactas in the Fountain of Youth Stakes and Tampa Bay Derby. He also hit the 19-1 winner of the Man o' War Stakes, the trifecta in the Pegasus World Cup, the superfecta in the Met Mile and multiple Pick 4s, including May 14's at Belmont for $1,851. And last week he hit the late Pick 4 on Saturday at Gulfstream Park for $641 and the exacta in the Florida Derby for $78.

Now, Weir has handicapped the 2023 Blue Grass Stakes field, made his picks and constructed his bets.

One surprise: Weir's top pick is not Tapit Trice, even though he is the 5-2 morning-line favorite. "Considering the field he faced [in the Tampa Bay Derby] and the fact that he looked beaten for about 90% of that race with jockey Luis Saez in full-drive mode for over half a mile, I'm inclined to take a stand against him," Weir told SportsLine. Weir prefers three horses over Tapit Trice.

Instead, Weir's top pick is a double-digit longshot who is "the most interesting horse in the race." He also is high on another double-digit longshot who has "done little wrong on the track." Weir is including these horses in his 2023 Blue Grass Stakes bets, and so should you. You ABSOLUTELY need to see his picks before locking in any of your own!

What interesting double-digit longshot will win the Blue Grass Stakes 2023? And what other double-digit longshot is a must-back? And how has Weir constructed his wagers? ... Join SportsLine right now to get the top 2023 Blue Grass Stakes picks, all from the racing who crushed the Blue Grass Stakes for $1,678 last year!