Trainer Lonnie Briley talking with State Vet Nick Smith outside the stall of Coal Battle at Churchill Downs on May 1, 2025. Photo By: Chad B. Harmon Chad B. Harmon Coal Battle being examined by the ...

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 is in his first Kentucky ...

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 ...

Wearing his trademark plaid shirt, Briley poses with Coal Battle—his $70,000 long shot colt and ticket to the sport’s biggest stage. | Michael Clevenger/Courier Journal / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - A Clarke County man owns a horse that’s running in the Kentucky Derby, also known as the most exciting two minutes in sports. Robbie Norman and his horse Coal Battle have a ...

OPELOUSAS La. (KLFY) — The first jewel of the Triple Crown is Saturday’s Kentucky Derby. One of the horses in the field, named Coal Battle is trained by Opelousas native Lonnie Briley. Coal Battle is ...

‘Classy Dude’ Coal Battle Readies For Fight In Indiana Derby originally appeared on Paulick Report. Coal Battle has fueled dreams of a lifetime for those connected to the 7-2 morning-line favorite for ...

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 ...

The state of Alabama will be well represented in Saturday’s Kentucky Derby. In addition to Publisher, who is owned by Gus King of Guntersville, in conjunction with the estate of late Kentucky governor ...

Coal Battle being examined by the State Vets at Churchill Downs on May 1, 2025 Photo By: Chad B. Harmon Chad B. Harmon Coal Battle being examined by the State Vets at Churchill Downs on May 1, 2025 ...