This year at the Kentucky Derby, 72-year-old trainer Lonnie Briley from Opelousas, Louisiana is making his graded stakes race debut with the horse named Coal Battle.

Norman Stables LLC’s Coal Battle will try to sweep Oklahoma’s premier races for his generation when he returns for the Grade 3 Oklahoma Derby at Remington Park on Sept. 28. He won the track’s ...

Lonnie Briley didn’t relish the attention he received on the Derby Trail, and who could blame him. But he has done the sport a valuable service by conducting himself with class.

Coal Battle is scheduled to work Sunday morning in advance of a probable start in the $1.5 million Arkansas Derby (G1) March 29 at Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs, Ark., trainer Lonnie Briley said.

If he weren’t preparing to saddle his first horse in the Kentucky Derby, 72-year-old trainer Lonnie Briley would probably be at a team roping competition on the first Saturday in May. “Me and ...

After 'Tough' Kentucky Derby, Lonnie Briley Hopes Coal Battle Gets Better Trip In Matt Winn originally appeared on Paulick Report. Norman Stables’ Coal Battle will look to rebound from a rough ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Lonnie Briley had been a thoroughbred trainer for over three decades before he finally entered a horse in a graded stakes race. Three months later, the 72-year-old Louisianan ...

Lonnie Briley and Juan Vargas prior to Coal Battle's run in the 2025 Arkansas Derby Coady Media/Renee Torbit Coal Battle - Gallop - Oaklawn Park - 03-27-25 Coady Media/McCarlee Perkins ...

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Steve Kornacki examines how Lonnie Briley went from scratching out a living as a lesser-known trainer to getting Coal Battle to the Kentucky Derby.