Before you place your bets for Saturday’s $1 million Twinspires.com Louisiana Derby at Fair Grounds, we recommend reviewing the recent history of the 1 3/16-mile, Grade 2 Road to the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve qualifier.
After his late-charging victory in the Grade 3 Street Sense Stakes last October, there was plenty of chatter about Pin Oak Stud’s Incredibolt, putting him firmly in the mix among the soon-to-be 3-year-olds to watch on the Road to the Kentucky Derby.
More than 75 years ago, Citation unleashed the greatest 3-year-old season in Thoroughbred racing. Blessed with genuine speed, staying power, and a seemingly endless desire to win, Citation inspired his handler Jimmy Jones to boldly say: "My horse could beat anything with hair on it."
Horse racing is a sport full of jargon: for hardcore fans of the game, the sentence, “He worked a bullet over three panels in 35 and change” makes absolute and perfect sense. (The translation is: this horse was the fastest workout of the morning going three-eighths of a mile, traveling the distance in just over 35 seconds.)
For the 10th year in a row, America’s Best Racing is challenging some of the brightest minds in horse betting to come up with their top three picks for key races every weekend leading up to the 2026 Triple Crown and then continuing through the 2026 Breeders’ Cup World Championships at Keeneland. The handicappers face off in what we like to call the “Big-Race Showdown.”
