The 2018 Travers Stakes runs Saturday at 5:44 p.m. ET from Saratoga Race Course in New Jersey. The weather conditions are nearly perfect, with partly cloudy skies and temperatures in the upper 70s. Good Magic, the winner of the Haskell Invitational over Bravazo and Lone Sailor, is the favorite at 2-1 Travers Stakes odds. Right behind Good Magic on the odds board at 4-1 is Gronkowski, owned in part by his namesake, Patriots tight end and five-time Pro Bowler Rob Gronkowski. Bob Baffert and Mike Smith have teamed up for the last two winners, including West Coast, who won this race last year as a 6-1 underdog. Before you lock in your 2018 Travers Stakes picks, you need to see what legendary horse racing expert Hammerin' Hank Goldberg has to say.

If you put $50 on Goldberg's Preakness picks last year, you would have won over $11,000. You'd also be rolling in it if you followed his picks for the Arlington Million two weeks ago, as he nailed his exacta by fading the favorite to a huge payout. He also picked a 39-1 horse to show in the Secretariat Stakes, and that one paid off too.

Four weeks ago, Goldberg was dead-on about the Haskell Invitational at Monmouth Park, as he nailed the top four horses in order, winning his exacta, trifecta and superfecta. He even won the Pick 4 at Monmouth that weekend.

Last week, he confidently picked Accelerate to take the Pacific Classic. The horse went out and won the Grade I race by more than 12 lengths.

The reason Goldberg has been so successful: He goes straight to the source. Last year at the Preakness, for example, he chatted up Brown, the trainer for Cloud Computing, before the race. "He was training off the charts, was Chad's top horse all year, and had a tough trip in the Wood Memorial," Goldberg said. "Brown skipped him for the Kentucky Derby, rested him, and trained him up for the Preakness."

When Goldberg learned Javier Castellano was getting off Gunnevera to ride Cloud Computing, the Hammer pounced on the 14-1 long shot to win and put him on top of his exacta, trifecta, and superfecta bets. Cloud Computing, of course, surged late and beat Classic Empire in one of the most thrilling Triple Crown races ever. Senior Investment -- a 30-1 long shot on the Preakness odds board Goldberg liked nearly as much -- finished third, giving the Hammer and his followers monster payouts.

A legendary prognosticator and current CBS Sports expert, Goldberg couldn't have been more dead-on about the 2018 Kentucky Derby. He picked Justify to win, saying he excelled in the slop. The result: Justify sloshed to victory over Good Magic in the rain and mud by two-and-a-half lengths. He also cashed the Pick 4, Pick 5 and Pick 6 at Pimlico this year. He followed that up by pegging Justify as the horse to beat at the Belmont, and we all know what happened.

Now that the 2018 Travers Stakes lineup is set, Goldberg is releasing his picks, predictions, and exotic bets over at SportsLine.

We'll tell you that Goldberg isn't going with Good Magic, the odds-on 2018 Travers Stakes favorite, despite the horse's impressive Haskell win and his top-of-the-line connections, led by trainer Chad Brown and legendary jockey Jose Ortiz.

"Chad ran him at the Haskell Invitational because he didn't want to run against the Jim Dandy field," Goldberg said. "But now he's going against them in this race, and I don't think he can win." Good Magic won the Blue Grass Stakes, but barely hit the board in the Preakness and was second to Justify in the Kentucky Derby. He has three wins in eight career races.

Instead, Goldberg is going huge on an underdog with an x-factor that puts him over the edge. He's including this horse in his exacta, trifecta and superfecta bets, and anyone who follows his lead could hit it big.

So what are Hammerin' Hank Goldberg's 2018 Travers Stakes picks? And which closer should you back? Check out the Travers Stakes odds below, then visit SportsLine to see Goldberg's picks for the Travers Stakes.

Good Magic (2-1)
Gronkowski (4-1)
Wonder Gadot (5-1)
Tenfold (8-1)
Catholic Boy (8-1)
Vino Rosso (10-1)
Mendelssohn (12-1)
Bravazo (12-1)
King Zachary (15-1)
Trigger Warning (30-1)
Meistermind (SCR)