Potential Kentucky Derby Contenders Competing at Today's Louisiana Derby

Mar 221 min read

There may be only one real Kentucky Derby- worthy contender in today’s Louisiana Derby – Chunk of Gold - but with a strong finish for John Hancock, Tiztastic or Built - anything could happen. With early 4-1 odds, and with jockey Rosario riding this colt, we actually think #3 Tiztastic is the horse to beat at this year’s Grade II, 1-3/8 mile race for three-year-olds at Fair Grounds Race

Course in New Orleans. Its purse is $1 million and post time is 6:42 pm Eastern.

In other sport news, both Michigan and Michigan State move on to the 2nd round of the NCAA March Madness Tournament. 5th seed Wolverines play 4th seed Texas A&M today at 5:15 PM after defeating UC San Diego Thursday night, 68-65 in the final minutes in typical Wolverine fashion.

Number 2 seed Spartans take on 10 seed New Mexico tomorrow (3/23/25) night at 8:15, after clobbering 15th seed Bryant last night 87-62.