Santa Anita morning line odds: Racing writer has picks, bets for the late Pick 5 for Monday's Opening Day, Dec. 26

Monday is Opening Day at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Calif., and the late Pick 5 begins with Race 7 at 5:05 p.m. ET and ends with the Grade 1 American Oaks. Before making any Pick 5 picks, you'll want to hear what SportsLine senior writer Gene Menez has to say.

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.

Now, Menez has handicapped the late Pick 5 at Santa Anita for Monday, Dec. 26, made his picks and formulated his bets.

We can tell you that Menez is high on Taiba, the 6-5 favorite in the Malibu Stakes, the fourth leg of the Pick 5. "The Santa Anita Derby winner is clearly the class of the field, having produced multiple speed figures that the rest of this field hasn't even run once," he told SportsLine. Taiba is Menez's top pick in the Malibu and the only horse from the race on his Pick 5 tickets.

In addition, Menez is high on a huge double-digit longshot on Monday! This horse "should love the stretchout in distance" and could spice up the Pick 5. Menez is using this longshot on his tickets, and so should you. You NEED to see his analysis before making any Pick 5 selections.

So which huge double-digit longshot can win? And how has Menez constructed his Pick 5 tickets? ... Join SportsLine now to get the Pick 5 selections at Santa Anita for Monday's Opening Day, all from the racing writer who once cashed for $6,900 on Kentucky Derby day!