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 two years ago, she suggested a play on All Other 3-Year-Olds, which cashed at a whopping 18-1 when Rich Strike won.

Mike Repole has gone winless in the first leg of the Triple Crown and would like Saturday to erase the memories from two of his top horses having never made the starting gate.

A 10-1 shot on the morning line can spring an upset in a tactically intriguing race Saturday at Churchill Downs.