Some of the country's top turf horses square off with some of Europe's best when the starting gate opens in the 2024 Manhattan Stakes on Saturday at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. The Chad Brown-trained Program Trading has been installed as the 5-2 morning-line favorite in the 2024 Manhattan Stakes odds. Post time is 5:36 p.m. ET.

With an accomplished field set to enter the starting gate on Saturday, you'll want to see what SportsLine writer Gene Menez has to say before making any Manhattan Stakes picks or horse racing predictions. Join SportsLine here to get his full Manhattan Stakes picks and start winning.

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. Join SportsLine right here to see his 2024 Manhattan Stakes picks.

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. And last month, he gave out 18-1 Mystik Dan as a live longshot in the Kentucky Derby. Anyone who has followed him is WAY UP!

Now, Menez has looked at the 2024 Manhattan Stakes, made his picks and formulated his bets. Join SportsLine here to see them.

We can tell you that Menez is high on I'm Very Busy, even though he is coming off a seventh place finish in the Turf Classic. "I'm willing to forgive that effort as he has really blossomed this year," Menez told SportsLine. Menez is using I'm Very Busy prominently in his wagers.

Moreover, Menez's top pick is a horse who is "dangerous." He is including this horse in his wagers, and so should you. You ABSOLUTELY NEED to see which horse it is before making any 2024 Manhattan Stakes picks of your own!

So who wins the 2024 Manhattan Stakes? And how has Menez constructed his wagers? ... Join SportsLine now to get the top 2024 Manhattan Stakes picks and bets, all from the expert who gave out Mystik Dan as a live longshot in the Kentucky Derby!