2023 Breeders' Cup Classic odds, horses, field: Santa Anita-based insider offers best bets for $6 million race

The richest horse race in North America will take place on Saturday when 12 horses leave the starting gate in the 2023 Breeders' Cup Classic at Santa Anita Park. The Bob Baffert-trained Arabian Knight is the 3-1 favorite in the 2023 Breeders' Cup Classic odds. Belmont and Travers Stakes winner Arcangelo was the 7-2 second choice in the Breeders' Cup Classic field, but will scratch from the race. Whitney Stakes winner White Abarrio and Dubai World Cup champion Ushba Tesoro are both 4-1 among the 2023 Breeders' Cup Classic horses. Post time for the 1¼-mile race is 6:40 p.m. ET.

With several accomplished horses set to enter the starting gate on Saturday, you'll want to see what Santa Anita-based racing reporter and analyst Michelle Yu has to say before making any Breeders' Cup Classic picks. Join SportsLine here to see who she's picking!

Few people in racing are as well-connected as Yu. An on-air host and reporter who has provided racing analysis for TVG, HRTV and the Breeders' Cup, Yu has spent a lifetime in racing. Prior to her television career, she worked for trainers Steve Asmussen and Ron Moquett. She also is married to Santa Anita-based trainer Ryan Hanson.

Yu also has tremendous handicapping chops. In a wide-open Kentucky Derby in 2021, she gave out Medina Spirit, who crossed the finish line first, as the winner at 12-1. In Pool 5 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager last year, she suggested a play on All Other 3-Year-Olds, which cashed at a whopping 18-1 when Rich Strike won the Derby.

Since the end of February, she has crushed the Saudi Cup, riding a 15-1 winner, nailed Derma Sotogake to win the UAE Derby and hit the exacta in the Santa Anita Derby. She has hit the exacta in the Preakness Stakes and Hollywood Gold Cup and had both the winner and exacta in the Summertime Oaks and the Prince of Wales's Stakes. And in July, she smashed the Haskell Stakes for a $663 score, hitting 12-1 winner Geaux Rocket Ride as well as the exacta.

Now, Yu has handicapped the 2023 Breeders' Cup Classic horses, made her picks and constructed her bets. Join SportsLine here to see them!

One surprise: Yu is high on Zandon, even though he's an longshot at 12-1! "Jockey Frankie Dettori has been tabbed to ride, and he has found a nice home at Santa Anita, so I think that is a fabulous move," Yu told SportsLine. She is using Zandon prominently in her 2023 Breeders' Cup Classic bets.

Yu's top pick is a horse who has been "impressing everyone." She also is high on a double-digit longshot who "warrants a look in all exotics." She is including these horses in her 2023 Breeders' Cup Classic bets, and so should you. You ABSOLUTELY need to see her picks before locking in any of your own.

So who wins the 2023 Breeders' Cup Classic? What double-digit longshot is a must-back? What does Yu think of every horse in the race? And how has she constructed her wagers? ... Join SportsLine right now to get Michelle Yu's 2023 Breeders' Cup Classic picks and horse-by-horse analysis, all from the Santa Anita-based insider who has been red-hot all year!