The 2024 Triple Crown season is complete, but that doesn't mean elite horse racing is done for the summer. The 2024 Haskell Stakes takes place on Saturday from Monmouth Park Racetrack and features some of the top 3-year-old horses in the world, including several who ran during the 2024 Triple Crown schedule. Mindframe, the 9-5 favorite in the latest 2024 Haskell Stakes odds, finished second in the Belmont Stakes, while Dornoch, who won the Belmont, has 5-2 odds to win the Haskell Stakes 2024.
Two of the last six Haskell Stakes winners, including last year's champion, didn't run in a Triple Crown race before their Haskell Stakes victory, so just because you may not recognize the horse from a Triple Crown contest shouldn't eliminate him from consideration when making your 2024 Haskell Stakes prediction. The 2024 Haskell Stakes post time is 5:45 p.m. ET. With several accomplished horses set to enter the starting gate on Saturday, you'll want tosee what Santa Anita Park-based racing reporter and analyst Michelle Yu has to say before making any 2024 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. 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 Haskell Stakes on a roll. 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. Last month during the Royal Ascot meet, Yu nailed Rosallion to win the St. James's Palace Stakes and cashed the exacta in the Gold Cup. Anyone who has followed her is way up.
For the 2024 Haskell Stakes, Yu has handicapped the field, made her picks and constructed her best bets. You can head to SportsLine now to see them.
Top 2024 Haskell Stakes predictions
One surprise: Yu is high on the chances of Tuscan Sky, even though he's an underdog at 9-2. Tuscan Sky is coming off a win at the Pegasus for his third victory over his last four races. He's trained by Todd Pletcher, one of the most accomplished trainers in the sport, and the 57-year-old has won three Haskell Stakes since 2006. Only Bob Baffert has more Haskell Stakes victories than Pletcher since 2006.
Tuscan Sky is coming off easily his best performance at the Pegasus, posting a career-best 111 Equibase Speed Figure in the win. His running style seems to bode well for the smaller 2024 Haskell Stakes field as he can settle behind one of the front horses but also can be a pace leader depending on the race's speed. If Tuscan Sky can replicate and build off his success at the Pegasus, he can not only win but put together another dominant performance on Saturday and at 9-2 odds, Yu likes Tuscan Sky to continue to rise.You can see all of Yu's 2024 Haskell Stakes bets here.
How to make 2024 Haskell Stakes picks
Moreover, Yu's top pick is a horse who has "has shown versatility." She also is high on a "sneaky" double-digit longshot. She is including these horses in her 2024 Haskell Stakes bets, and so should you.She's sharing which 2024 Haskell Stakes horses to back only at SportsLine.
So who wins the 2024 Haskell Stakes, what double-digit longshot is a must-back, and how has Yu constructed her wagers?Visit SportsLine to see Yu's picks for the Haskell Stakes 2024, all from the Santa Anita-based racing insider who has been red-hot all year, and find out.
2024 Haskell Stakes odds, contenders
| Prg # | Horse | Odds | Projection |
| 1 | Dornoch | 5-2 | SEE PICKS |
| 2 | Jasper's Pride | 30-1 | SEE PICKS |
| 3 | Tuscan Sky | 9-2 | SEE PICKS |
| 4 | Timberlake | 8-1 | SEE PICKS |
| 5 | Fierceness | SCR | SEE PICKS |
| 6 | Just Step On It | 30-1 | SEE PICKS |
| 7 | Mindframe | 9-5 | SEE PICKS |
| 8 | Sea Streak | 20-1 | SEE PICKS |
