The Brad Cox-trained Emery will look to become a Grade 2 winner when she leaves the starting gate on Saturday in the 2024 Raven Run Stakes at Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, Ky. Emery has four wins and one second in six career starts. Her best victory is a win in the Grade 3 Victory Ride. On Saturday, Emery is the 7-5 morning-line favorite in the Raven Run odds. Post time for the Grade 2 race is 5:16 p.m. ET.

With several accomplished horses set to enter the starting gate on Saturday, you'll want to see what SportsLine writer Gene Menez has to say before making any Raven Run Stakes picks or horse racing predictions. Join SportsLine here to get his full Raven Run picks.

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 Raven Run 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, the winner of the Holy Bull Stakes, the winner of the Sam F. Davis Stakes, and the trifecta in the Jenny Wiley Stakes. In May, Menez gave out 18-1 Mystik Dan as a live longshot in the Kentucky Derby. In June he nailed Trikari to win the Belmont Derby Invitational Stakes, and last month he hit the exacta in the Franklin-Simpson Stakes.

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

We can tell you that Menez is high on V V's Dream, even though she is an 8-1 longshot. "If the speed comes back, the biggest beneficiary might be V V's Dream, who is arguably the best closer in the race," Menez told SportsLine. Menez is using V V's Dream prominently in his wagers. 

Moreover, Menez's top pick is a horse who "has the speed to be forwardly placed." He also is high on a double-digit longshot who should get a "ground-saving trip." He is including these horses in his wagers, and so should you. You absolutely need to see which horses they are before making any 2024 Raven Run picks of your own.

So what horse wins the 2024 Raven Run? What double-digit longshot is a must-back? And how has Menez constructed his wagers? ... Join SportsLine now to get the top 2024 Raven Run picks and bets, all from the expert who gave out 18-1 Mystik Dan as a live longshot in the Kentucky Derby!