Shoemaker Mile 2022 predictions, odds, field: Horse racing insider reveals top picks, bets for Monday, May 30

The 2022 Shoemaker Mile is on Memorial Day at Santa Anita Park. The Michael McCarthy-trained Smooth Like Strait is the morning-line favorite. Count Again is second choice in the six-horse field. Michelle Yu is a racing reporter and handicapper. Yu has cashed in several big races. She has handicapped the 2022 race and made her picks. She's only sharing her bets here.. Her picks have caked in Breeders' Cup Classic, Breeder's Cup Turf Sprint, Sham Stakes, El Camino Real Derby, San Felipe Stake, Santa. Anita Handicap, Kentucky Oaks and Preakness St.

Yu is taking a stand against Masteroffoxhounds, who is 5-1 on the morning line. Masterofox hounds has not won a race shorter than 1 1/4 miles since breaking his maiden.

Yu's top pick is a horse who "is as game as they come" and she's high on an "inconsistent runner" on Monday. Yu is sharing which horses to back only at SportsLine.