
Nick’s Picks: Colonial Downs picks August 22, 2025
The oldest and best handicapping source for Colonial Downs returns for 2025 — it’s Nick’s Picks, and it’s back!

The oldest and best handicapping source for Colonial Downs returns for 2025 — it’s Nick’s Picks, and it’s back!

We provide full-card picks and analysis for this afternoon’s races at Timonium!

Picks and analysis for today’s key races from Saratoga.

We dig into Friday’s G2 Charles Town Classic and G2 Charles Town Oaks with a horse-by-horse analysis.

Picks and analysis for tonight’s card at Charles Town Races!

Jockey Paco Lopez won five races, including four Claiming Crown Preview events, on a banner day at Colonial Downs.

She arrives with $2.5 million in the bank and is the Pink Ribbon Stakes defending champion. So why is Free Like a Girl 5-1 on the morning line?

Get ready for the smell of corndogs: Timonium will kick off its seven-day live racing meet Aug. 22 with a nine-race card.

Trainer Anthony Farrior believes Faster Gator has the ability to compete against top-level sprinters. He’ll test that theory in Charles Town’s Hilton Memorial.

Colonial Downs’s leading rider Ben Curtis won’t be in New Kent Saturday. Instead he’ll be piloting Magnitude versus Sovereignty in the Travers.

The oldest and best handicapping source for Colonial Downs returns for 2025 — it’s Nick’s Picks, and it’s back!

Racing returns to Delaware Park, and we return with Delaware Park picks and analysis for the track’s 88th racing season.
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