Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert will look to add to his record number of wins in the Southwest Stakes by a trainer when he sends out the favored Gaming in the 2025 Southwest Stakes on Saturday at Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs, Ark. The 72-year-old Baffert has won the race a record six times. On Saturday he goes for No. 7 with Gaming, who is best known for winning last year's Del Mar Futurity. For Saturday, he has been installed as the 2-1 morning-line favorite in the 2025 Southwest Stakes odds. Patch Adams (5-2), Sandman (5-1), American Promise (6-1) and Tiztastic (10-1) round out the top five choices among the 10 Southwest Stakes horses. Post time is 5:10 p.m. ET.

With unproven 3-year-olds set to enter the starting gate on Saturday, you'll want to see what racing reporter and insider Michelle Yu has to say before making any 2025 Southwest Stakes 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 three 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 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. She closed out the year by hitting the exacta in the Breeders' Cup Classic. Anyone who has followed her is way up.

For the 2025 Southwest Stakes, Yu has made her picks and constructed her bets.

One surprise: Yu's top pick is not Gaming, even though he is the 2-1 favorite. "He disappointed as the favorite in his last start," Yu told SportsLine. Yu prefers another horse over Gaming.

Instead, Yu's top pick is a horse who has "big, gobbling strides." She is including this horse in her 2025 Southwest Stakes bets, and so should you. You ABSOLUTELY need to see her picks before locking in any of your own.

So who wins the Southwest Stakes 2025? And how has Yu constructed her wagers? ... Join SportsLine right now to get Michelle Yu's 2025 Southwest Stakes picks, all from the racing insider!