2023 Shoemaker Mile odds, horses, field: Well connected reporter offers best bets for Memorial Day race

A spot in the Breeders' Cup Mile in November will be on the line when the starting gate opens in the 2023 Shoemaker Mile Stakes on Memorial Day at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Calif. The Phil D'Amato-trained Hong Kong Harry has been installed as the 7-2 morning-line favorite in the 2023 Shoemaker Mile odds. Stablemate Gold Phoenix is the 4-1 second choice in the 11-horse 2023 Shoemaker Mile field. Post time is 7:13 p.m. ET. 

With an accomplished field set to enter the starting gate on Monday, you'll want to see what astute racing reporter and analyst Michelle Yu has to say before making any 2023 Shoemaker Mile 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 both the Santa Anita Derby and Preakness Stakes. Anyone who has followed her is WAY UP!

For Memorial Day, Yu has handicapped the 2023 Shoemaker Mile horses, made her picks and constructed her bets. Join SportsLine here to see them!

One surprise: Yu is high on Balnikhov, the co-third choice, at 5-1. "With the exception of the Kilroe Mile, Balnikhov has been a picture of consistency so he is hard to ignore," Yu told SportsLine.

Moreover, Yu's top pick is a horse who has "a dangerous turn of foot." She also is high on a double-digit longshot whose "form line is strong." She is including these horses in her 2023 Shoemaker Mile bets, and so should you. You ABSOLUTELY need to see her picks before locking in any of your own.

So who wins the 2023 Shoemaker Mile? And which double-digit longshot is a must-back? ... Join SportsLine right now to get Michelle Yu's 2023 Shoemaker Mile picks, all from the insider who nailed the Preakness exacta last weekend!