2025 Fair Grounds morning line odds: Racing writer gives Pick 5 picks for Saturday, March 22
Saturday is Louisiana Derby day at Fair Grounds Race Course in New Orleans, and the late Pick 5 begins with the Tom Benson Memorial Stakes at 4:32 p.m. ET and ends with the Louisiana Derby. Before you make any picks, you NEED to know how SportsLine writer Gene Menez, who crushed the late Pick 4 on Breeders' Cup Saturday, 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 May of last year, Menez gave out 18-1 Mystik Dan as a live longshot in the Kentucky Derby. In November, he crushed the late Pick 4 on Breeders' Cup Saturday for a $5,303 score! And last month he hit the winner and exacta in the Holy Bull Stakes for a $422.50 payday. Anyone who followed his lead could have been way up.
For Saturday, Menez has handicapped the late Pick 5 at Fair Grounds, made his picks and constructed his tickets.
We can tell you that Menez is high on Good Cheer, the 4-5 favorite in the Fair Grounds Oaks, the fourth leg of the Pick 5. "Good Cheer is a perfect 5-for-5 in her career and towers over this field," Menez told SportsLine. Good Cheer is Menez's top pick in the Fair Grounds Oaks and the only horse from the race on his Pick 5 tickets.
In addition, Menez's top pick in one of the races is a big double-digit longshot. This horse is "finally back on her preferred surface" 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 double-digit longshot can win? And how has Menez constructed his Pick 5 tickets? ... Join SportsLine now to get Pick 5 selections at Fair Grounds for Saturday, all from the horse racing writer who gave out Mystik Dan as a live longshot in the Kentucky Derby, crushed the late Pick 4 on Breeders' Cup Saturday for $5,303 and hit the Holy Bull Stakes last month for a $422.50 payday!
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