2025 Breeders' Cup: Five horses to bet Friday and Saturday from California-based racing insider

The Breeders' Cup is one of the best betting opportunities in all of sports. More than 170 world class horses from 13 countries are set to compete in 14 different races across Friday and Saturday at Del Mar just north of San Diego, and history has shown that 20-1 longshots often win. 

With longshot winners common at every Breeders' Cup, you'll want to see what California-based racing reporter and analyst Michelle Yu, who has been at Del Mar this week for the event, has to say before making any 2025 Breeders' Cup picks.

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. She started off 2025 by correctly going all-in on Citizen Bull to win the Robert B. Lewis Stakes, and she also predicted Forever Young's win in the Saudi Cup, Journalism's win in the San Felipe Stakes, Sandman's win in the Arkansas Derby and Mindframe's win in the Churchill Downs Stakes. She also hit the exacta in the Kentucky Derby.

And in August she hit the Fierceness-Journalism exacta in the Pacific Classic.

For the 2025 Breeders' Cup, Yu has identified five horses, including four double-digit longshots, she can't wait to bet. Join SportsLine here to see them.

We can tell you that one of the horses Yu loves is True Love, the 7-2 favorite in the Juvenile Turf Sprint (5:45 p.m. Friday). "The 7-2 seems like a square price on a classy filly who is bred to love a sharp five furlongs," she told SportsLine.

Moreover, Yu is high on a double-digit longshot on Saturday who is "intriguing at a big price." She is including this horse in her 2025 Breeders' Cup bets, and so should you. You ABSOLUTELY need to see her picks before locking in any of your own.

So what five horses can Yu not wait to bet on this weekend? And which double-digit longshot is a must-back? ... Join SportsLine right now to get Michelle Yu's 2025 Breeders' Cup picks, all from the racing insider who has been red-hot all year!