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

Some of the West Coast's best turf fillies and mares square off when the starting gate opens in the 2023 Gamely Stakes on Memorial Day at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Calif. The Michael McCarthy-trained Queen Goddess has been installed as the 9-5 morning-line favorite in the 2023 Gamely Stakes odds. Viareggio is the 5-2 second choice in the seven-horse 2023 Gamely Stakes field. Post time is 6:12 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 Gamely Stakes 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 Gamely Stakes horses, made her picks and constructed her bets. Join SportsLine here to see them!

One surprise: Yu is high on Quattroelle, who is the third choice on the morning line. "She boasts good recent form and has the class to compete so you have to use her and hope for a good break," Yu told SportsLine.

Moreover, Yu's top pick is a horse who was "dismal" in her last start. She also is high on a horse who "gets back to a better distance" on Monday. She is including these horses in her 2023 Gamely 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 Gamely Stakes? And which horse who gets back to a better distance is a must-back? ... Join SportsLine right now to get Michelle Yu's 2023 Gamely Stakes picks, all from the insider who nailed the Preakness exacta last weekend!