NEW ORLEANS -- Tiztasitic galloped past three horses down the stretch to win the $1 million Louisiana Derby by two lengths on Saturday, earning the Steve Asmussen-trained horse enough Kentucky Derby qualifying points to enter the opening race of the Triple Crown.

Is Tiztastic the horse to finally end the nearly three-decade-long drought, a skid that dates to 1996 when Louisiana Derby champion Grindstone won the garland of roses and made Louisianans proud. We’ll learn soon enough.