2023 Haskell Stakes odds, horses, field: Well connected reporter offers best bets for Saturday's race

Kentucky Derby winner Mage will return on Saturday when he leaves the starting gate in the 2023 Haskell Stakes at Monmouth Park. The Haskell Stakes 2023 will be his first start since that race. Mage is the 3-1 co-second choice in the 2023 Haskell Stakes odds. The Bob Baffert-trained Arabian Knight, who did not compete in any of the Triple Crown races, is the 5-2 Haskell 2023 favorite. 

With several accomplished horses set to enter the starting gate on Saturday, you'll want to see what red-hot racing reporter and analyst Michelle Yu has to say before making any Haskell Stakes picks. Join SportsLine here to see whom 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. In the last two months, 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.

On Saturday, Yu has handicapped the 2023 Haskell Stakes horses, made her picks and constructed her bets. Join SportsLine here to see them!

One surprise: Yu is low on the chances of Tapit Trice (3-1) even though he is one of the top favorites. "He is a grinder and will be making a turnback in distance, which I don't love," Yu told SportsLine. She likes four horses better than Tapit Trice and will not be using the horse in her wagers.

Instead, Yu's top pick is a horse who "has a lot of upside." She also is high on a longshot whose trainer "seems to have this race figured out." She is including these horses in her 2023 Haskell Stakes bets, and so should you. You ABSOLUTELY need to see her picks before locking in any of your own.