Trainer Lonnie Briley said he wasn't sure whether he'd point Coal Battle to the Arkansas Derby on March 29, or plan a ...

Winners of the Euro/Mideast and Japan Roads to the Kentucky Derby are eligible to take two of the 20 spots. Ties ...

Under Juan Vargas, the Coal Front colt relaxed off the early pace in fifth as Madaket Road set the pace. He willingly ...

Triumphing for a third time on the Road to the Kentucky Derby, Coal Battle proved he's more than just a feel-good story in ...

Let’s hear it for 72-year-old trainer Lonnie Briley, the ‘Rebel Rouser’ on the Road to the Kentucky Derby (G1) for the first time with his little bay colt Coal Battle. Sweeping past the field ...

For the fourth time in a row, and continuing down the Road to the Kentucky Derby with 50 more points, Coal Battle (Coal Front) pulled out a win, this time in the GII Rebel Stakes at Oaklawn Park. Havi ...

A winter storm with Arkansas in its crosshairs affected the action at Oaklawn Racing Casino Resort this week as well as other affairs statewide. Compensation comes with a thaw-out and accompanying ...

When Robbie Norman dispatched his two trainers, Lonnie Briley and Jayde (J.J.) Gelner, to each select a horse for him at the ...

A winter storm with Arkansas in its crosshairs affected Oaklawn racing this week plus other affairs statewide. Compensation comes with a thaw-out and accompanying warm-up over the rescheduled Rebel ...

Training a horse on the Road to the Kentucky Derby seemed like an unreachable dream for Lonnie Briley, but Coal Battle has now won two 10-point prep races and the 72-year-old Louisiana native ...