Mission Impazible, a Todd Pletcher-trained colt, pulled ahead just past the sixteenth pole to win his first race as a 3-year-old in the $750,000 Louisiana Derby at the Fair Grounds on Saturday.

Ridden by Rajiv Maragh and starting from the second post at 7-1 odds, he covered the 1 1-8-mile course in 1:50.32 on a dry and fast track.

A Little Warm, trained by Tony Dutrow, held on for second, three-quarters of a length behind the winner and a neck in front of third-place finisher Drosselmeyer.

Mission Impazible paid $16.20, $7.20 and $5. A Little Warm paid $8.60 and 5.80. Drosselmeyer, which started from the 13th post, paid $4.20.