Quality Menez, who called Irreplaceable asset to win last year's Run for the Back-Looked at Susans, has made his picks and wagers for the 149th Preakness Stakes on Saturday at Pimlico Race Course

Ponies, Time, Chances: Smartest Choices From Master Who Hit Last Year's Victor

Jockey Tyler Gaffalione made his presentation in the Preakness Stakes in 2019 and accomplished moment brilliance, riding Battle of Will to triumph. He has been not able to get back to the champ's circle, be that as it may, after he completed eighth with both Thousand Words in 2020 and Cheerful Jack in 2022. 

Gaffalione will take a stab at his second success when he directs Tuscan Gold in the 2024 Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore on Saturday. The 29-year-old almost won his subsequent Triple Crown race recently, however Sierra Leone lost by a nose to Mystik Dan in the Kentucky Derby.

 Tuscan Gold, who completed third in the Louisiana Derby in Spring, is 9-2 and Mystik Dan is the 8-5 number one in the 2024 Preakness Stakes chances. Getting Opportunity (7-2) and Creative Mind (3-1) balance the main four 2024 Preakness Stakes ponies. With a refined field set to enter the beginning entryway on Saturday, you'll need to see what SportsLine essayist Quality Menez needs to say before making any Preakness Stakes picks or horse racing expectations, given the achievement he had in last year's race.

A previous journalist and manager at Sports Showed, Menez covered a variety of sports, including horse racing, for the magazine and its site for very nearly 14 years. Somewhere in the range of 2010 and 2012, he filled in as SI's handicapper for the Triple Crown races and accurately anticipated Super Saver to win the Kentucky Derby in 2010. In particular, he accurately called Irreplaceable asset to win last year's Preakness.

For Saturday, Menez has disabled the 2024 Preakness Stakes field, made his picks, and built his smartest options. You can make a beeline for SportsLine now to see them.

Top 2024 Preakness Stakes forecasts

One astonishment: Menez is throwing Mystik Dan, even though he is the Kentucky Derby victor and Preakness 2024 #1. There are a few 2024 Preakness Stakes ponies equipped to give Mystik Dan a solid test for success, including Simply Steel. Prepared by Corridor of Famer D. Wayne Lukas, Simply Steel was seventeenth in the Kentucky Derby, however, completed second in his past three beginnings and crossed the end goal in front of Mystik Dan in two of them.

An absence of rest likewise could be an issue for Mystik Dan. The main other time the foal had just fourteen days between begins happened in November when he posted his most memorable vocation success at Churchill Downs and completed a far-off fifth at a similar track 13 days after the fact. "As far as I might be concerned, this is a warning," Menez told SportsLine. Menez won't involve Mystik Dan in any of his bets. You can see Menez's 2024 Preakness Stakes wagers here.

Instructions to make 2024 Preakness Stakes picks

Besides, Menez's top pick is a pony  He's sharing which ponies to back at SportsLine.

So who wins Preakness Stakes 149? What twofold digit longshot has the opportunity of a lifetime, and how has Menez developed his bets? Visit SportsLine to see Menez's picks for the Preakness Stakes, all from the master who nailed last year's victor, and find out.