Preakness Stakes winner Journalism returns to the track to take on seven competitors in the 2025 Haskell Stakes on Saturday. A handful of Triple Crown participants will be present at Monmouth Park in New Jersey, including Preakness runner-up Gosger and Toyota Blue Grass Stakes winner Burnham Square. Post time for Saturday’s race is 5:45 p.m. ET. Journalism is the 4-5 morning-line favorite in the 2025 Haskell Stakes odds. Goal Oriented (4-1), Gosger (9-2), Burnham Square (5-1) and Bracket Buster (10-1) round out the top five in the 2025 Haskell Stakes field. With talented 3-year-olds entering the starting gate, you’ll want to see what Santa Anita-based racing reporter and insider Michelle Yu has to say before making any 2025 Haskell 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. 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. Anyone who has followed her on those picks on betting sites like TwinSpires and 1/ST BET is up huge.
Now, Yu has handicapped the 2025 Haskell Stakes lineup, made her picks and constructed her best bets. You can head to SportsLine now to see them.
Top 2025 Haskell Stakes predictions
One surprise: Yu is fading Journalism, even though he’s the 4-5 betting favorite. Yu isn’t dismissing the Preakness winner’s excellent resume, which includes runner-up finishes at the Kentucky Derby and the Belmont Stakes. She also likes how he has trained this year, especially given his busy schedule. All that being said, Yu likes how the competition stacks up against Journalism in the Haskell Stakes 2025 and thinks his odds are too short.
“If Journalism is 2-1 or better, I’d bet him. But you’re not likely to even get 1-1,” she told SportsLine. You can see all of Yu’s 2025 Haskell Stakes bets here.
How to make 2025 Haskell Stakes picks
Instead, Yu is eyeing a horse who she considers an “upset possibility.” She is including this horse in her 2025 Haskell Stakes bets, and so should you. She’s sharing which 2025 Haskell Stakes horses to back at SportsLine.
So who wins the 2025 Haskell Stakes? And which horse shocks at Monmouth Park on Saturday? Visit SportsLine to see Yu’s picks for the Haskell Stakes 2025, all from the Santa Anita-based racing insider who hit the exacta in the Kentucky Derby this spring, and find out.
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