A full field of 14 3-year-olds will square off when the starting gate opens in the 2023 Pat Day Mile on Saturday at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky. The Steve Asmussen-trained Echo Again is the lukewarm 7-2 morning-line favorite in the 2023 Pat Day Mile odds. Post time is 5:51 p.m. ET. 

With the Pat Day Mile's large and wide-open field making for a head-scratching handicapping puzzle, you'll want to see what astute racing reporter and analyst Michelle Yu has to say before making any 2023 Pat Day Mile 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. In a wide-open 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 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.

For Saturday, Yu has handicapped the 2023 Pat Day Mile field, given her horse-by-horse analysis, made her picks and constructed her wagers.

One surprise: Yu is high on Kangaroo Court, an 8-1 longshot. "He needs to get out of the gate well since he has the rail, and I think he will be up close. Not without a shot," Yu told SportsLine. Yu is using Kangaroo Court prominently in her wagers.

Moreover Yu's top pick is a double-digit longshot who "could run a banger at the one-turn mile." She's also high on another big double-digit longshot who is "ready to fire." She is including these horses in her 2023 Pat Day Mile bets, and so should you. You ABSOLUTELY need to see her picks before locking in any of your own.

So which horse wins the Pat Day Mile 2023? And which double-digit longshot is a MUST-BACK? ... Join SportsLine right now to get Michelle Yu's 2023 Pat Day Mile horse-by-horse analysis and picks, all from the well connected racing reporter who has been red-hot!