Coal Front colt tallied a third stakes victory and second in a Kentucky Derby qualifying race Saturday at the Hot Springs, ...

With ten points per stop, Coal Battle is gaining momentum on the road to the Triple Crown. The Springboard Mile winner Dec.

Winning by four lengths, Coal Battle paid $11, $4.20 and $2.60 in the six-horse field (Optical and Curvino were scratched).

Remington Springboard Mile Stakes winner Coal Battle won a second points race on the Road to the Kentucky Derby by soundly defeating Mo Quality in the Jan. 4 Smarty Jones Stakes at Oaklawn Park.

Norman Stables’ Coal Battle added to his Kentucky Derby (G1) war chest with a front-running romp in the $250,000 Smarty Jones Stakes for 3-year-olds Saturday afternoon at Oaklawn. Ridden by Juan ...

Moon. ($82,000 Ylg '23 KEESEP; $150,000 2yo '24 OBSAPR). O-Tom Kagele and Ernest Marchosky; B-Brereton C. Jones (KY); T-Peter Miller. $24,375. Margins: 4, NK, 3/4 ...

Move over Bob Baffert and save a seat for Lonnie Briley on the train to the Kentucky Derby (G1). Coal Battle led from the break and kicked away for a four-length victory in the $250,000 Smarty Jones ...

Coal Battle wins the Smarty Jones at Oaklawn Park. (Photo by Coady Media) Even regular rider Juan Vargas didn’t expect to find such a new dimension from Coal Battle, whose 10-point haul doubled his ...