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Pyro Looks to Light up Fair Grounds. (AP Images)

The $600,000 Louisiana Derby will be hosted at Fair Grounds this Saturday, March 8. Pyro, a huge favorite for the Kentucky Derby matched only by War Pass in many opinions, will be taking on a field of other Kentucky Derby hopefuls like Tale of Ekati and Majestic Warrior.

Pyro is still fresh in a lot of minds after his brilliant sprint in the final stretch of the Risen Star on Feb. 9 to take the win after being in last place.

“I loved how he came out of the [last] work,” said Steve Asmussen, Pyro’s trainer regarding Shaun Bridgmohan, his favored jockey at this time, “and trusted him to do right, and he did.”

Tale of Ekati who finished fourth in the Breeders Cup Juvenile is still a horse to keep an eye on. Majestic Warrior is another horse to take into consideration even though he placed sixth at the Champagne Stakes he ran a half mile in 48.40 seconds on Sunday at Payson Park.

The Louisiana Derby is the pinnacle of the six stakes races on a Saturday at Fair Grounds. The Bodog Racebook has all your Kentucky Derby odds.