Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert can tie the record for wins by a trainer when he saddles the favored Muth in the 2024 Arkansas Derby on Saturday at Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs, Ark. On Saturday, Baffert will go for No. 5 with Muth, the 8-5 favorite in the 2024 Arkansas Derby odds. The 71-year-old Baffert has won the Arkansas Derby four times, most famously with eventual Triple Crown winner American Pharoah in 2015. That's one shy of the record of six held by trainer Todd Pletcher. Rebel Stakes winner Timberlake is the 9-5 second choice in the 10-horse 2024 Arkansas Derby field.

Post time is set for 7:47 p.m. ET. With several accomplished horses set to enter the starting gate on Saturday, you'll want to see what Santa Anita-based racing reporter and analyst Michelle Yu has to say before making any Arkansas Derby 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 two years ago, she suggested a play on All Other 3-Year-Olds, which cashed at a whopping 18-1 when Rich Strike won the Derby.

Last year she crushed the Saudi Cup, riding 15-1 winner Panthalassa, nailed Derma Sotogake to win the UAE Derby and hit the exacta in the Santa Anita Derby. She hit the exacta in the Preakness Stakes and Hollywood Gold Cup and had both the winner and exacta in the Summertime Oaks and the Prince of Wales's Stakes. She also smashed the Haskell Stakes for a $663 score, hitting 12-1 winner Geaux Rocket Ride as well as the exacta. Two months ago, she correctly called National Treasure to win the Pegasus World Cup.

Now, Yu has handicapped the 2024 Arkansas Derby horses, made her picks and constructed her bets. Join SportsLine here to see them.

One surprise: Yu is completely fading Mystik Dan, even though he's one of the top favorites! "I'm leery and I think he will be overplayed, so I think he's a fade," Yu told SportsLine. Yu is not including Mystik Dan in any of her 2024 Arkansas Derby bets.

Moreover, Yu is high on a double-digit longshot who "has always trended in the right direction." She is including this horse in her 2024 Arkansas Derby bets, and so should you. You ABSOLUTELY need to see her picks before locking in any of your own.

So who wins the 2024 Arkansas Derby? What double-digit longshot is a must-back? And how has Yu constructed her wagers? ... Join SportsLine right now to get Michelle Yu's 2024 Arkansas Derby picks and horse-by-horse analysis, all from the Santa Anita-based insider!