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

Norman Stables’ Coal Battle won his third straight scoring race on the Road to the Kentucky Derby in Sunday’s $1.25 million ...

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

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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 ...

Speed King and Coal Battle, stakes winners at Oaklawn Racing Casino Resort, are among 39 individual betting choices in the ...

Oaklawn stakes winners Speed King and Coal Battle are among 39 individual betting choices in the fourth national Kentucky ...

Fourteen horses, one trained by Bob Baffert but none by past winner Todd Pletcher or regular no-show Chad Brown, makes the Rebel Stakes a hot item of discussion until post time Saturday.