'He Fought The Whole Way': Tip Top Thomas Repels Coal Battle In Indiana Derby originally appeared on Paulick Report.

'He's Due For A Win': Coal Battle Aims To Get Back On Track In Indiana Derby originally appeared on Paulick Report.

Familiar Thoroughbreds from the 3-year-old stakes scene will line up to contest the July 5 Indiana Derby (G3) at Horseshoe ...

In winning the $300,000 GIII Indiana Derby at Horseshoe Indianapolis Saturday, James Bakke and Gerald Isbister's Tip Top Thomas (c, 3, Volatile–Attempt to Name, by Consolidator) may have gotten a ...

Coal Battle would become the first graded stakes winner for Coal Front. "We were pleased with Good and Stout; he's been a useful horse down here. He participates in the weekend races, ...

What to know about Coal Battle. If the best storyline won the Kentucky Derby, then Coal Battle would be the overwhelming 1-5 favorite on Saturday.

And yet here he is with Coal Battle, one of Kentucky Derby 151’s best underdog stories, the colt having won three consecutive Kentucky Derby prep races, including the Grade 2 Rebel Stakes at ...

Coal Battle has worked three times over the Churchill Downs surface since arriving, the most recent being Monday's three-furlong blowout. ...

Coal Battle will enter the Kentucky Derby off a third-place finish in the Arkansas Derby on March 29; Lonnie Briley, the 72-year-old trainer of Coal Battle, is in the Kentucky Derby for the first time ...

Coal Battle maybe gets an extra therapy treatment here and there, but every horse gets what’s needed.” Coal Battle's path to Derby Briley has never been a high-volume trainer, his record for ...

The G2 Rebel was Coal Battle’s breakout race. Dismissed at odds of 12-1, the colt stalked the early pace before making a five-wide move to run down Baffert trainee Madaket Road.