
Charles Town picks and analysis: May 9, 2026
We provide picks and analysis for this evening’s racing at Charles Town races…

We provide picks and analysis for this evening’s racing at Charles Town races…

We provide full-card picks and analysis for this afternoon’s races at Laurel Park.

Off to the Races Radio, powered by The Racing Biz, returns to the airwaves May 9 with an action-packed show. Here’s the lineup.

The Big Lep is even-money in Saturday’s Coin Collector Stakes at Charles Town, in a race in which one owner has all or part of six entrants.

Trainer Gary Capuano has been a dominant force in the 2- and 3-year-old divisions at Delaware Park in recent years and hopes to continue that trend.

Seventh in the Santa Anita Derby and 14th in the Kentucky Derby, Robusta needs a form reversal in the May 16 Preakness Stakes.

Ocelli, still a maiden but also the Kentucky Derby show horse, cost just $12,000 as a yearling but could become a classic winner in the Preakness.

Bull by the Horns, winner of the Rushaway at Turfway Park, is doing well and “ready to run,” trainer Saffie Joseph, Jr. said.

The Charles Town Races Today podcast returns with an episode featuring trainer Anthony Farrior and CT announcer Paul Espinosa.

We provide full-card picks and analysis for this afternoon’s races at Laurel Park.

A battle over who can serve on the Maryland horsemen’s board has involved personal attacks, lawyers, a testy meeting, and now a lawsuit.

The fits and starts of the Pimlico Plus plan have made horsemen nervous, and now key state officials and legislative leaders are weighing in, too.
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