2022 Del Mar Oaks morning-line odds, picks: Well connected racing reporter and analyst offers best bets for Saturday's race

The West Coast's top 3-year-old grass fillies square off when the starting gate opens in the 2022 Del Mar Oaks at Del Mar. The $300,000 race has attracted a wide-open field of 14 fillies. They are led by the Graham Motion-trained Spendarella, who has been installed as the 8-5 morning-line favorite in the 2022 Del Mar Oaks odds. Cairo Memories is the 3-1 second choice, while Bellabel and Txope are the co-third choices, at 5-1. Post time is 8:34 p.m. ET.

With an accomplished field set to enter the starting gate on Saturday, you NEED to see what astute racing reporter and analyst Michelle Yu has to say before making any 2022 Del Mar Oaks picks. 

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 the 2011 Kentucky Derby, she correctly tabbed Animal Kingdom to win at a hefty 21-1. In the 2017 Breeders' Cup, she nailed 11-1 long shot Wuheida to win the Filly and Mare Turf. Last year, in a wide-open Kentucky Derby, 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 this 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 joining SportsLine in November, her picks have cashed in the Breeders' Cup Classic, Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint, Sham Stakes, El Camino Real Derby, San Felipe Stakes, Santa Anita Handicap, Kentucky Oaks and Preakness Stakes. And in June's Belmont Stakes, she hit the top two finishers. Anyone who has followed her is WAY UP. 

Now, Yu has handicapped the 2022 Del Mar Oaks field, given her horse-by-horse analysis, made her picks and constructed her wagers.

One surprise: Yu is high on the chances of Bellabel, the co-third choice, at 5-1. "She will try the distance for the first time, but her running style should work and she doesn't appear to have ground limitations," Yu told SportsLine. She is using Bellabel prominently in her wagers.

Moreover, Yu's top pick is a horse who "will have to contend for the lead." Yu also is high on a double-digit longshot whose "form isn't bad." She is including these horses in her 2022 Del Mar Oaks bets, and so should you. You ABSOLUTELY need to see her picks before locking in any of your own.

So who wins the 2022 Del Mar Oaks? 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 2022 Del Mar Oaks horse-by-horse analysis and picks, all from the insider who nailed the top two finishers in June's Belmont Stakes!