Charles Town Picks, Results & Big 'Uns

Charles Town in West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle opened in December 1933 as the state's first pari-mutuel racetrack, and in its early decades it was the only northern track offering Thoroughbred racing through the winter. Today it races year-round, mostly at night: its 156 race days over the past year trailed only Gulfstream Park among the tracks WinningPonies covers.

Racing here is all dirt and all Thoroughbred. The biggest day of the year is the Charles Town Classic, first run in 2009, which became the track's first $1 million race in 2010 and its first graded stakes the following year.

Charles Town ran 156 racing days in the past year on dirt. Fields averaged 7.2 starters and races ranged from 4 1/2f to 1 1/8m. Claiming races here have averaged a $8,413 tag recently. WinningPonies' picks produced 781 Big 'Un payouts at Charles Town in the past year totaling $274,797, the largest a $16,304 Pick 5 on April 24, 2026. The Superfecta has been the most common winning Big 'Un wager.