Preps at Oaklawn and Keeneland are under consideration along with the possbility the Coal Front colt, who sits atop the ...

A new traveler on the road to the Triple Crown, trainer Lonnie Briley is considering several routes for Coal Battle to ...

Trainer Lonnie Briley said whether Rebel Stakes (G2) winner Coal Battle makes another start before the May 3 Kentucky Derby ...

Coal Battle, a $70,000 yearling purchase who earned his maiden in a $30,000 race at Evangeline Downs, sits atop the Kentucky ...

The bargain-buy $70,000 colt trained by Louisiana horseman Lonnie Briley posted a $25.80 win in the Grade 2 Rebel Stakes, and improved to third position on this week's NTRA Top 3- ...

The reigning Horse of the Year 'TDN Rising Star' MGISW Thorpedo Anna (Fast Anna) has emerged from her tour de force in Saturday's GII Azeri Stakes, and is on track for an anticipated start in the GI ...

Madaket Road will ship back to California for Baffert, with future plans undetermined. “I told [jockey Irad Ortiz] to just let him run away from there,” Baffert told DRF. “I was hoping for a little 46 ...

Norman Stables' Coal Battle (Coal Front) scored one for the little guy Sunday at Oaklawn Park, overtaking pacesetting California invader Madaket Road (Quality Road) in upper stretch and leaving ...

"This was a tough field," winning trainer Lonnie Briley said. "The No. 1 position and he'd have to go around a lot of horses. He did it." The win earned 50 points for the Coal Front colt on 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 ...