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

The Bob Baffert-trained Adare Manor will try to extend her winning streak to four when she leaves the starting gate in the 2023 Clement Hirsch Stakes on Saturday at Del Mar just north of San Diego. The 4-year-old daughter of Uncle Mo has five wins and four seconds in 11 career starts. She has been installed as the 4-5 morning-line favorite in the Clement Hirsch Stakes odds. Fun to Dream, also trained by Baffert, is the 9-5 second choice in the five-horse Clement Hirsch Stakes field. Desert Dawn (5-1), Elm Drive (8-1) and Kirstenbosch (10-1) round out the field. Post time for the $400,000 race is 9:41 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 Clement Hirsch 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 two weeks ago, 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 Clement Hirsch Stakes horses, made her picks and constructed her bets. Join SportsLine here to see them!

One surprise: Yu is completely fading Fun to Dream, even though she's the 9-5 second choice. "The distance might get a little long for her," Yu told SportsLine.

Instead, Yu's top pick is a horse who will be "ultra fit." She is including this horse in her 2023 Clement Hirsch 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 Clement Hirsch Stakes? And how has Yu constructed her wagers? ... Join SportsLine right now to get Michelle Yu's 2023 Clement Hirsch Stakes picks, all from the insider who just nailed the upset Haskell winner!