City of Troy will try to prove he can run as well on dirt as he does on turf when the starting gate opens in the 2024 Breeders' Cup Classic on Saturday at Del Mar. City of Troy has six wins in seven career starts, but he has never raced on dirt. After Saturday, he is set to retire to stud. City of Troy is the 5-2 morning-line favorite in the 2024 Breeders' Cup Classic odds. Travers Stakes winner Fierceness (3-1), Japanese invader Forever Young (6-1) and marathon specialist Next (8-1) are also among the 14 Breeders' Cup Classic horses. The latest 2024 Breeders' Cup Classic forecast is calling for partly cloudy skies. Post time for the $7 million race is 5:41 p.m. ET.

With several of the world's best horses set to enter the starting gate on Saturday, you'll want to see what California-based racing reporter and analyst Michelle Yu, who is at Del Mar this week for the Breeders' Cup, has to say before making any 2024 Breeders' Cup Classic 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 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.

She enters the Breeders' Cup Classic on a roll. This year, she correctly called National Treasure to win the Pegasus World Cup, predicted Stronghold's upset win in the Santa Anita Derby and smashed the exacta in the Apple Blossom Handicap. On the Belmont Stakes undercard, she nailed National Treasure's win in the Met Mile and had the winner and exacta in the Woody Stephens Stakes. Anyone who has followed her is WAY UP!

For the 2024 Breeders' Cup Classic, Yu has made her picks and constructed her bets

One surprise: Yu is completely fading City of Troy, even though he is the 5-2 favorite. "I would love to see the lads win a Classic, but the price is low with a lot of question marks," Yu told SportsLine. Yu is not including City of Troy in any of her wagers.

Instead, Yu's top pick is a horse who looks like a "willing and confident horse." She also is high on a double-digit longshot who "has been a fan favorite." She is including these horses in her 2024 Breeders' Cup Classic bets, and so should you. You ABSOLUTELY need to see her picks before locking in any of your own.

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