The purchaser claimed that she had specifically stated she required a quiet horse free of behavioral problems and was not ...

Coal Battle will enter the Kentucky Derby off a third-place finish in the Arkansas Derby on March 29 Lonnie Briley, the ...

Coal Battle is giving small trainers a major rooting interest in the Kentucky Derby this year; Briley had never won a graded ...

He knows when it’s game time.” Coal Battle, who is based in Barn 42, arrived at Churchill Downs around 6 p.m. Sunday with ...

After ripping off four consecutive wins, 2025 Kentucky Derby contender Coal Battle will seek to rebound from his third-place ...

A retired jockey, Bethany Taylor has worked off-and-on with trainer Lonnie Briley for over a decade. Taking an expanded role ...

Lonnie Briley's first starter at Churchill Downs came three years ago in the Kentucky Juvenile Stakes on the Thursday of Derby week. Although his trainee Cool Spirit (Mor Spirit) broke a step slow and ...

Coal Battle will enter the Kentucky Derby off a third-place finish in the Arkansas Derby on March 29 Lonnie Briley, the 72-year-old trainer of Coal Battle, is in the Kentucky Derby for the first ...