Fair Grounds Horse Racing Picks Including KY Derby Prep Louisiana Derby for Saturday 3/25/23

The Fair Grounds meet continues Saturday with Championship Series races on the Road to the Kentucky Derby and Road to the Kentucky Oaks. Eight stakes races are featured, headlined by the Louisiana Derby - a Kentucky Derby prep race. Post time to start the day is 1 p.m. ET.

As always, check the program for scratches and changes, monitor the weather and keep an eye on the track conditions.

(I will reference Equibase's Speed Figure in selected races, which tells you how fast a horse has been running in each of its races after adjusting for track, distances, and conditions).

Fair Grounds Betting

1. New Year's Eve and Didia, Race 8

FanDuel Racing Odds: 5/1 and 3/1
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Race 8 is the $100,000 Tom Benson Memorial for older fillies and mares at 1 1/16 miles on the turf. The numberFire algorithm picks Adventuring (2/1) to win from the rail with Luis Saez riding for trainer Brad Cox. New Year's Eve (5/1) and She Can't Sing (9/2) and projected to hit the board. New Year's Eve is a top win contender with Flavien Prat riding, according to Horse Racing Nation's Super Screener Analysis, along with deep closer Didia (3/1) and top longshot Trail Ridge Road (12/1). New Year's Eve is 3-for-3 finishing in the exacta (1st or 2nd) over this turf course.

2. Art Collector and West Will Power, Race 9

FanDuel Racing Odds: 8/5 and 2/1
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Race 9 is the $100,000 Grade 2 New Orleans Classic for older horses at 1 1/8 miles. The numberFire data picks the favorites Art Collector (8/5) and West Will Power (2/1) the top win choices and Horse Racing Nation agrees.
Art Collector won the Pegasus World Cup in late January.

3. Kingsbarns and Disarm, Race 12

FanDuel Racing Odds: 6/1 and 10/1
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Race 12 is the $1 million Louisiana Derby for 3-year-olds at 1 3/16 miles. This is a Kentucky Derby Championship Series race with the top 5 finishers awarded qualifying points (100-40-30-20-10). The numberFire data picks the favorite Instant Coffee (2/1) ahead of Sun Thunder (5/1). Instant Coffee is the deserving favorite and win contender. But HRN rates Kinsbarns (6/1) a top win contender in his stakes debut, along with Disarm (10/1) and Cagliostro (15/1). Also, Tapit's Conquest (10/1) is one of three Brad Cox-trained runners in the field and Cox has won all three KY Derby prep races at Fair Grounds thus far. He was shorter odds when finishing third in the Risen Star Stakes behind runner-up Sun Thunder.

Racing picks are provided in the FanDuel Louisiana Derby preview with the full field and odds.

Game odds refresh periodically and are subject to change.