An automatic berth in the $6 million Breeders' Cup Classic will be on the line when the starting gate opens in the 2023 Awesome Again Stakes on Saturday at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Calif. The Bob Baffert-trained Defunded is the 2-1 morning-line favorite in the Awesome Again Stakes odds. The Doug O'Neill-trained Slow Down Andy is the 5-2 second choice, while Preakness Stakes winner National Treasure is 4-1. Post time is 7:41 p.m. ET. 

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 Awesome Again 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. She has hit the exacta in the Preakness Stakes, Hollywood Gold Cup and Bing Crosby Stakes 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 Awesome Again Stakes horses, made her picks and constructed her bets. Join SportsLine here to see them!

One surprise: Yu is high on the chances of National Treasure, the 4-1 second choice. "He obviously handles the distance with no problem and is a threat," Yu told SportsLine. She is using National Treasure prominently in her wagers.

Moreover, Yu's top choice is a horse who "loves this track." She is including this horse in her 2023 Awesome Again Stakes bets, and so should you. You ABSOLUTELY need to see her picks before locking in any of your own.

So who wins the 2023 Awesome Again Stakes? And how has Yu constructed her wagers? ... Join SportsLine right now to get Michelle Yu's 2023 Awesome Again Stakes picks, all from the insider who just crushed the Haskell Stakes!