Trainer Lonnie Briley, 72, said he never dreamed of having a Kentucky Derby contender but now has one in a $70,000 yearling purchase named Coal Battle ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

In this installment of my Respected Money Kentucky Derby horse betting profiles, we will analyze the only entry for 72-year-old trainer Lonnie Briley. This son of Coal Front and Wolfblade heads ...

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 ...

Two days after shipping in from Arkansas, Norman Stables’ Coal Battle began his preparation for the $5 million Kentucky Derby ...

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 ...