Coal Battle Ready to Heat Up in Indiana Derby Familiar Thoroughbreds from the 3-year-old stakes scene will line up to contest the July 5 Indiana Derby (G3) at Horseshoe Indianapolis.

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Coal Battle profile: 2025 Kentucky Derby odds, post position, history and more to know Get caught up with Coal Battle's past performances, jockey, trainer and full analysis heading into the Run ...

The 72-year-old trainer Lonnie Briley has his first Kentucky Derby horse in Coal Battle for the horse race at Churchill Downs on Saturday, May 3, 2025.

Coal Battle runs on the track during a morning training session in preparation for the 151st Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs, on April 25, 2025, in Louisville, Kentucky. (Andy Lyons/Getty Images ...

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Here's everything you need to know about 2025 Kentucky Derby contender Coal Battle, including the horse's trainer, jockey and what they're saying.

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 ...

If you like underdog stories in the Derby, you need to take a look at Coal Battle.

Coal Battle laid third behind a wildly quick early pace set by another Baffert trainee, Cornucopian, and had no answer for late-running Sandman and Publisher when they swept by him in the lane.

Coal Battle was third by a total of 1 1/4 lengths in Churchill Downs' G3 Matt Winn behind Grade 1 winners East Avenue and ...