2023 Del Mar Oaks odds, horses, field: Well connected reporter offers best bets for Saturday's race

The English-bred Anisette will try to extend her winning streak to four when she leaves the starting gate in the 2023 Del Mar Oaks on Saturday at Del Mar just north of San Diego. Trained by Leonard Powell, Anisette has three wins and one second in five career starts. She has been installed as the 5-2 morning-line favorite in the Del Mar Oaks odds. Impact Warrior and Be Your Best are the co-second choices in the 10-horse Del Mar Oaks field, at 4-1. Post time for the $300,000 race is 8:45 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 Del Mar Oaks 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 last month, 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 Del Mar Oaks horses, made her picks and constructed her bets. Join SportsLine here to see them!

One surprise: Yu is high on the chances of And Tell Me Nolies, even though she's a 12-1 longshot. "She has always been a hard knocker and puts forth her A game most times," Yu told SportsLine. Yu is using And Tell Me Nolies prominently in her wagers.

Moreover, Yu's top pick is a horse who "pours it on late." Yu also is high on a double-digit longshot who is a "lottery ticket." Yu is including these horses in her 2023 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 2023 Del Mar Oaks? What double-digit longshot is a must-back? And how has Yu constructed her wagers? ... Join SportsLine right now to get Michelle Yu's 2023 Del Mar Oaks picks, all from the insider who has been red-hot this year!