If the past few months had occurred in the days of landlines and long-distance fees, Jay Adcock's phone number at Red River Farms would have generated quite a windfall for Ma Bell. How powerful has ...

After ripping off four consecutive wins, 2025 Kentucky Derby contender Coal Battle will seek to rebound from his third-place finish in the Arkansas Derby. In this installment of my Respected Money ...

Graded stakes-winning Coal Front mare is the highest earning accredited Arkansas-bred money winner in history, surpassing ...

Millionaire multiple stakes winner Coal Battle is back on the work tab at Oaklawn in advance of his 4-year-old debut, which trainer Lonnie Briley said could come in the $500,000 Oaklawn Mile (G3) for ...

Coal Battle spent the week following the Arkansas Derby training at Oaklawn Park before taking a long van ride to Churchill Downs April 6 to prepare for the $5 million Kentucky Derby May 3. He ...

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 my ...

Lonnie Briley has been training horses since 1991. But the 72-year-old trainer had never started a horse in a graded stakes race until this year. That horse was Coal Battle, a colt who was purchased ...

Lonnie Briley has been training horses for more than 30 years.The 72-year-old, a native of Opelousas, Louisiana, said he never wants more than 20 or 25 horses in his barn; his personal best year is 21 ...