
Charles Town picks and analysis: April 12, 2025
We’ve got full-card picks and analysis for this evening’s race card from Charles Town Races!

We’ve got full-card picks and analysis for this evening’s race card from Charles Town Races!

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

Regally-bred Agreed and Weekend Wife, a half to Wood Memorial show horse Passion Rules, scored at first asking Friday at Laurel Park.

Our analyst digs into Saturday’s Lexington Stakes with picks and analysis as the sophs tackle this 20-point to the winner stop on the Triple Crown trail.

Speedyness and Film Star finished heads apart in the Manfuso Stakes in December and will meet again in Saturday’s Native Dancer at Laurel.

Wrestler-turned-jockey Nik Juarez, a long way from his rebellious youth in Maryland, is expected to ride American Promise in the Kentucky Derby.

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

Jill Byrne will take the reins as the new executive director of the Virginia Thoroughbred Association, representing breeders.

Maggie’s Girl, a two-time stakes winner in 2024, headlines a crowded and contentious field for Charles Town’s first ’25 stake, the Original Gold.

Defending champ Disco Ebo and lightly raced Tipple are among the contenders in a competitive renewal of Laurel Park’s Primonetta Stakes Saturday.

Worcester, recently second in the Stymie, could grab his first stakes win in Saturday’s Frank Whiteley Stakes at Laurel Park.

The Maryland Racing Commission signed off on a controversial proposal to blend Maryland-restricted and Virginia-restricted stakes Wednesday.
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