2024 Saratoga Race Course morning line odds: Racing writer gives picks for the late Pick 5 for Saturday, Aug. 17
Saturday is Alabama Stakes day at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., and the late Pick 5 begins with Race 8 at 4:29 p.m. ET and ends with Race 12. Before you make any picks, you NEED to know how SportsLine writer Gene Menez has handicapped the sequence.
A former reporter and editor at Sports Illustrated, Menez covered an array of sports, including horse racing, for the magazine and its website for almost 14 years. Between 2010 and 2012, he served as SI's handicapper for the Triple Crown races and correctly predicted Super Saver to win the Kentucky Derby in 2010.
In 2015, while writing for Sports on Earth, Menez accurately gave out the Kentucky Derby superfecta (American Pharoah, Firing Line, Dortmund and Frosted), which paid $1,268.20 for $2. Then in 2017, he tweeted out his Kentucky Derby picks, including Always Dreaming to win, and hit the Pick 4, which paid almost $6,900 on a $1 bet.
In a span of seven races last year for SportsLine, he cashed the winner of the Lecomte Stakes, the exacta in the Southwest Stakes ($468), the winner of the Holy Bull Stakes, the winner of the Sam F. Davis Stakes, and the trifecta in the Jenny Wiley Stakes. He also correctly called National Treasure to win last year's Preakness.
In May, Menez gave out 18-1 Mystik Dan as a live longshot in the Kentucky Derby. And last month he nailed Trikari to win the Belmont Derby Invitational Stakes ($434).
For Saturday, Menez has handicapped the late Pick 5 at Saratoga, made his picks and constructed his tickets.
We can tell you that Menez is high on She Feels Pretty, the 2-1 favorite in the Lake Placid Stakes, the second leg of the Pick 5. "She Feels Pretty cuts back to the perfect distance for her. Single," Menez told SportsLine. She Feels Pretty is Menez's top pick in the Lake Plcid Stakes and the only horse from the race on his Pick 5 tickets.
In addition, Menez is high on a double-digit longshot on Saturday. This longshot is "dangerous at a huge price" and could spice up the Pick 5. Menez is including this longshot on his tickets, and so should you. You NEED to see Menez's analysis before making any Pick 5 selections.
So which longshot can win? And how has Menez constructed his Pick 5 tickets? ... Join SportsLine now to get Pick 5 selections at Saratoga for Saturday, all from the horse racing writer who gave out Mystik Dan as a live longshot in the Kentucky Derby!
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