2020 Preakness Stakes: Handicapping legend Hank Goldberg reveals picks for Saturday's race

Trainer Bob Baffert will try to win a record eighth Preakness when he sends out Kentucky Derby winner Authentic and Thousand Words on Saturday in the 2020 Preakness Stakes. Authentic is the 9-5 favorite at William Hill, and post time is 5:36 p.m. ET. 

Before making any 2020 Preakness Stakes picks, you NEED to see what legendary handicapper Hammerin' Hank Goldberg has to say.

The former horse racing analyst for ESPN and NBC, Goldberg became a legendary handicapper by going straight to the source. In 2004, he had dinner before the Belmont Stakes with trainer Nick Zito at a pizzeria in Queens. The dinner led Goldberg to play Zito's 36-1 monster longshot Birdstone to win and on top of his exacta, trifecta and superfecta bets. When Birdstone shocked the world, Goldberg won $24,000.

In the San Felipe Stakes in March, Hammer gave out a $20 exacta that paid $180. In the Belmont Stakes in June, Goldberg was all over Tiz the Law, who scored a convincing victory in the year's first Triple Crown race. In the Blue Grass Stakes, Hammer nailed the Art Collector-Swiss Skydiver exacta for $169.40. In July, he hit the Authentic-Ny Traffic exacta in the Haskell for $158. And in August in the Pacific Classic, he gave out the Maximum Security-Sharp Samurai exacta for $177.50.

Anyone who has followed Goldberg's lead is WAY up! Now, he's turned his attention to the 2020 Preakness Stakes.

For Saturday's race, we can tell you that Goldberg is fading Authentic, even though he's the top favorite. "There's a lot more speed in the Preakness than there was in the Derby, and he will be challenged early," Goldberg tells SportsLine. He has Authentic ranked third in the race.

Instead, Goldberg is high on a double-digit long shot who is peaking at the PERFECT time! You ABSOLUTELY need to see who it is before locking in any picks of your own!

So who wins Saturday's 2020 Preakness Stakes? And which long shot is a MUST-BACK? ... Join SportsLine now to get Hank Goldberg's Preakness Stakes winner and wagers, all from the legendary expert who goes straight to the source and nailed the Belmont Stakes!