Beware The Cajuns, The Saints Are Going To The Super Bowl.

Logic will tell you that game results in the National Football League have zero impact on a given horse race. Common sense dictates that predicting the winner of the Kentucky Derby in late February is little more than a calculated guess - leaning much more toward guess and far away from calculated.

On the first Saturday in May, when the final bets are being placed on the Run for the Roses and the field enters the gate, I'm going to have $2 on the Louisiana Derby winner. No matter who it is.

Because the Saints are going to the Super Bowl. And I think I heard the lady say "dat da voodoo be leavin' dis city too, mon."

Okay, I'm in Texas and not walking across the tiny, demonic bridge outside of the Dungeon in the French Quarter listening to a passing voodoo queen. But I think I may have something here.

As Chris Berman pointed out on his NFL Prime Time post game show last night, the relationship between the New Orleans Saints and their fans is "unique." And with the Saints headed to the Super Bowl, every New Orleans native and cajun on the planet will have a bounce in their step for the next two weeks. They usually have a bounce in their step as it is, but over the next two weeks - watch out!

Suppose you like that longshot at Santa Anita and you just can't decide as to whether you are going to support him at the mutuel windows. If he has Louisiana's Joe Talamo aboard, lean towards betting.

If former New Orleans police officer Bernie Flint wins with 24% of starters in claiming races, look for that percentage to increase over the next two weeks.

I don't know how Ron The Greek is doing two days after his impressive win in the Lecomte Stakes at Fair Grounds, but I'll bet the shed row of trainer Tom Amoss is a pretty happy place these days.

Very few professional teams have suffered the futility of the New Orleans Saints. The Chicago Cubs come to mind, but let's face it. The sports fans in Chicago have Super Bowls with the Bears, NBA Championship with the Bulls, Stanley Cups with the Blackhawks and World Series with the White Sox.

The Saints have had roughly 42 years of bad football with a few good teams and playoff appearances sprinkled in sporadicly. In an age when other cities are building new, billion-dollar sports palaces for their fans and teams, New Orleans has been repairing the damage to the Super Dome left by hurricane Katrina - not to mention the devastation to the city and the people. The Super Dome was fixed and the Saints came back to New Orleans but the city and the people are still rebuilding.

This is more than just another Cinderella story in sports. It is about something good happening to a group of people who have suffered something much more than just bad football for a long time.

The Saints going to the Super Bowl has not suddenly repaired the city, but it has given the people of south Louisiana something about which to be very excited and happy.

I don't really believe in voodoo witchcraft or subscribe to Hindu's karma. But I am suggesting that you take a closer look at those horses ridden by Kent Desormeaux or trained by Al Stall Jr. over the next couple of weeks.

Who dat gonna win da thoid race?... Who Dat!