Prep race
Louisiana Derby 2027: Saturday, March 20 at Fair Grounds, 100 Kentucky Derby Points to the Winner, Field and Results
The Louisiana Derby is Saturday, March 20, 2027, at Fair Grounds, 137 days from today. It is a Road to the Kentucky Derby points race: the top five earn 100-50-25-15-10 points. The field appears here when it is drawn, and the result and points within minutes of the official chart.
- Date
- Saturday, March 20, 2027
- Track
- Fair Grounds
- Points, 1st to 5th
- 100-50-25-15-10
- Series
- Road to the Kentucky Derby
What the points are worth
100 points would put a horse at number 1 on today's Kentucky Derby leaderboard, where the 20th-ranked horse has 2.
The Kentucky Derby points leaderboard →
The 2026 Louisiana Derby
Emerging Market won the 2026 running for trainer Chad Brown and jockey Flavien Prat, paying $6.00 in a field of 9.
Next on the Road to the Kentucky Derby
- Florida Derby · Mar 27 · Gulfstream Park · 100 points
- Blue Grass Stakes · Apr 3 · Keeneland · 100 points
- Santa Anita Derby · Apr 3 · Santa Anita · 100 points
- Wood Memorial · Apr 3 · Belmont Park · 100 points
Date, track and points from Churchill Downs, which lists them as subject to change. Fields and results from DRF's entries and the official charts; points totals are Turf Archive's count, and Churchill Downs' leaderboard is the official one.