The legion enamored of Pyro has a new momentum of confidence when he left a field that included several highly regarded Kentucky Derby prospects and separated himself in the last half-furlong of the Louisiana Derby on Saturday at the Fair Grounds. Visionaire, however, was day’s most impressive three...

While most attention will be focused upon Pyro and the Louisiana Derby on Saturday, the Gotham, which will be run at the same 1 1/16-mile distance, is a good deal more contentious. Pyro will be an odds on favorite in New Orleans and is expected to run over the field he faces at the Fair Grounds, particularly...

Regardless of what nugget of insight might be extracted from the weekend races for three-year-old prospective starters in the Kentucky Derby – we tend to expect more than we actually find in many of these -- there is the season’s first opportunity to evaluate two promising colts who will be making their...