Pants on Fire, with red hot Rosie Napravnik (remember her from Nicanor's Delaware Park wins?) won the Louisiana Derby and earned him enough to be eligible for the other Derby--you know that one they run the first Saturday in May.

He beat some impressive horses, including the highly touted Mucho Macho Man who lost a shoe at the start. The stretch drive was intense and Pants on Fire out dueled Nehro, another Derby contender.

Napravnik, by the way, became the first woman to win this race in all of its ninety eight runnings and is also the leading rider at the Fair Grounds meet. Not too shabby that she also had a total of five wins on the day's card. This was the first time Napravnik had ridden Pants on Fire, who hopefully will become her Derby mount.

"He had a lot of heart," she told Bloodhorse.com. "They said he was best on the lead. And when Liondrive went out in front of us, I said if he's stuck outside, hopefully he's still well off. But he ran with as much heart as a horse can run with down the land. Much Macho man came up next to us and he just dug in and he really finished with all heart."

Here's hoping these two will get to stick together for a run at those roses.