Bob Baffert can break the record for wins in the Hollywood Gold Cup by a trainer when he sends out the top two choices in the 2023 Hollywood Gold Cup on Memorial Day at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Calif. The 70-year-old Baffert has won the Hollywood Gold Cup eight times, which is tied with Charlie Whittingham for the most ever. On Monday Baffert goes for No. 9 with Defunded and Country Grammer. Defunded has been installed as the 4-5 morning-line favorite in the 2023 Hollywood Gold Cup odds, while Country Grammer is the 8-5 second choice in the six-horse 2023 Hollywood Gold Cup field. Post time is 7:44 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 Hollywood Gold Cup 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 Hollywood Gold Cup horses, made her picks and constructed her bets. Join SportsLine here to see them!

One surprise: Yu's top pick is not Defunded, even though he is the 4-5 morning-line favorite. "His recent form is the best by a mile, but he has only one win this year," Yu told SportsLine.

Moreover, Yu's top pick is a horse who has "seemed full of run" in preparation for this race. She also is high on a double-digit longshot who "could sit a cozy trip" on Monday. She is including these horses in her 2023 Hollywood Gold Cup bets, and so should you. You ABSOLUTELY need to see her picks before locking in any of your own.

So who wins the 2023 Hollywood Gold Cup? And which double-digit longshot is a must-back? ... Join SportsLine right now to get Michelle Yu's 2023 Hollywood Gold Cup picks, all from the insider who nailed the Preakness exacta last weekend!