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2025 Tampa Bay Downs morning line odds: Racing writer gives Pick 3 picks for Saturday, March 8

SportsLine horse racing writer Gene Menez, who gave out 18-1 Mystik Dan as a live longshot in the Kentucky Derby and crushed the late Pick 4 on Breeders' Cup Saturday for $5,303, has made his picks for Saturday

Saturday is Tamp Bay Derby day at Tamp Bay Downs, and there's a Pick 3 that begins with the Hillsborough Stakes at 4:31 p.m. ET and ends with the Tamp Bay 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 3 at Tampa Bay Downs, made his picks and constructed his tickets.

We can tell you that Menez is high on Gimme a Nother, a 5-2 shot in the Hillsborough Stakes, the opening leg of the Pick 3. "A perfect 7-for-7 in her native South Africa, Gimme a Nother makes her first career start in North America for trainer Graham Motion, who thinks this 5-year-old mare is Breeders' Cup-caliber," Menez told SportsLine. Gimme a Nother is Menez's top pick in the Hillsborough Stakes and an A horse on his Pick 3 tickets.

In addition, Menez is singling a big double-digital longshot on Saturday. This horse is coming off a "bang-up race" and could spice up the Pick 3. Menez is including this longshot on his tickets, and so should you. You NEED to see Menez's analysis before making any Pick 3 selections.

So which longshot can win? And how has Menez constructed his Pick 3 tickets? ... Join SportsLine now to get Pick 3 selections at Tampa Bay Downs 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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