Horse of the Year honors could be on the line Saturday when Belmont Stakes winner Dornoch, Kentucky Oaks heroine Thorpedo Anna and six others square off in the 2024 Travers Stakes at Saratoga Race Course in upstate New York. Entering Saturday, Thorpedo Anna is No. 1 in the NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll, while Dornoch is No. 3. A win by either would go a long way towards winning the Eclipse Award for Horse of the Year. Dornoch is the 5-2 favorite in the 2024 Travers Stakes odds and will run from the No. 7 post, while Thorpedo Anna is 3-1, along with Florida Derby winner Fierceness. The latest 2024 Travers Stakes forecast is calling for partly cloudy skies and temperatures in the 70s. Post time for the $1.3 million Travers is 6:10 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 Travers Stakes picks or horse racing predictions. Join SportsLine here to get his full Travers 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 Travers 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. And in June he nailed Trikari to win the Belmont Derby Invitational Stakes.

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

We can tell you that Menez is high on Corporate Power, even though he is a 15-1 longshot. "Corporate Power is an off-the-pace horse who should benefit if the pace heats up as expected," Menez told SportsLine. Menez is using Corporate Power prominently in his exotic wagers.

Moreover, Menez's top pick is a horse who will "come roaring down the lane late." He also is high on another double-digit longshot who is "interesting at a big price." 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 Travers picks of your own.

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