Coal Battle (USA) Horse
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Coal Battle is a 4yo dk b/br from the United States trained by Lonnie Briley. He is by the stallion Coal Front out of the dam Wolfblade. To date he has secured four wins. His most prominent victory arrived on 14th Dec 2024 at Remington Park, where he took the $299,999 Remington Springboard Mile Stakes. The horse has proven profitable for bettors; backing him throughout his career would have generated a 122% return on investment.
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Oaklawn Park • Horseshoe Indianapolis • Churchill Downs • Remington Park • Keeneland • Kentucky DownsRace Record
| Event Summary | Runner Stats | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Oaklawn Park 03-May-26 1710m R7 Lake Ouachita Stakes (Stakes) $40,000 (of $200,000) Barrier 5, Winning Time: 01:41.560, SP: 3.50 off the pace and the inside, closer three wide from the second flight far turn, engaged the winner from the outside approaching the furlong marker, briefly put a head in front, dueled to the wire, outgutted in the final strides. 1st Willy D'S ( F Arrieta 121 ) 2nd Coal Battle ( C J Lanerie 119 ) 0.25L 3rd Mackman ( A Cedillo 121 ) 8.00L See full results | C J Lanerie 54kg 0.25L | 2 (8) |
| Horseshoe Indianapolis 06-Jul-25 1710m FIRM R12 Indiana Derby (Stakes) $60,000 (of $300,000) Barrier 3, Winning Time: 01:41.150, SP: 4.00 stalked the pace in the two path, bid at the half-mile pole, dueled through the stretch and held the place. 1st Tip Top Thomas ( J Velazquez 122 ) 2nd Coal Battle ( C Lanerie 124 ) 0.50L 3rd Brotha Keny ( J Ramos 118 ) 0.75L See full results | C Lanerie 56.2kg 0.50L | 2 (7) |
| Churchill Downs 09-Jun-25 1710m FIRM R8 Matt Winn Stakes (Stakes) $40,000 (of $400,000) Barrier 6, Winning Time: 01:42.120, SP: 10.00 took contact from an inner rival leaving the gate, checked when put in tight quarters between the top pair passing the wire for the first time, recovered to stalk the loose leader from the three path, pressed around the far turn before offering a bid in upper stretch, but was fended off through midstretch and yielded place to an inner rival in the final sixteenth. 1st East Avenue ( L Saez 123 ) 2nd Burnham Square ( B J Hernandez 123 ) 0.50L 3rd Coal Battle ( C Lanerie 123 ) 1.25L See full results | C Lanerie 55.8kg 1.25L | 3 (4) |
| Churchill Downs 04-May-25 2010m FIRM R12 Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve (Stakes) (of $5,000,000) Barrier 16, Winning Time: 02:02.310, SP: 34.00 required a shoe repair in the paddock, was bumped by an inner rival at the start, recovered to pursue from midpack four to three wide around the first turn, chased while getting outmoved by outer foes around the far turn, but steadied when put in tight quarters between horses in the five path at the five sixteenths pole, moved to the seven path spinning into the lane and lacked a bid. 1st Sovereignty ( J Alvarado 126 ) 2nd Journalism ( U Rispoli 126 ) 1.50L 3rd Baeza ( F Prat 126 ) 0.30L 11th Coal Battle ( J Vargas 126 ) 17.00L See full results | J Vargas 57.2kg 17.00L | 11 (19) |
| Oaklawn Park 30-Mar-25 1810m FIRM R13 Arkansas Derby (Stakes) $150,000 (of $1,500,000) Barrier 8, Winning Time: 01:50.080, SP: 5.50 closest to the dueling leaders, quickly reeled that pair in late in the final turn, challenged three wide, briefly led between calls upper stretch, could not match strides with the top two the final furlong. 1st Sandman ( J Ortiz 121 ) 2nd Publisher ( F Prat 121 ) 2.50L 3rd Coal Battle ( J Vargas 124 ) 7.00L See full results | J Vargas 56.2kg 7.00L | 3 (9) |
| Oaklawn Park 05-Jan-25 1710m R9 Smarty Jones Stakes (Stakes) $157,500 (of $250,001) Barrier 8, Winning Time: 01:46.430, SP: 5.50 broke running from the outside, narrowly showed the way into the first turn in the three path, FIRMly rated through a soft opening quarter while remaining off the inside onto the backstretch, backed the pace up further under a snug hold through the half, dueled through the second turn outside a rival, salted that one away when straightened for home and ran on late to be expanding his margin under steady handling. 1st Coal Battle ( J Vargas 122 ) 2nd Mo Quality ( J Alvarado 117 ) 4.00L 3rd Kale's Angel ( R Vazquez 119 ) 0.30L See full results | J Vargas 55.3kg | 1 (6) |
| Remington Park 14-Dec-24 1610m FIRM R12 Remington Springboard Mile Stakes (Stakes) $189,000 (of $299,999) Barrier 1, Winning Time: 01:39.250, SP: 8.50 taken back early and settled, inside, rallied on the far turn while two wide then moved out to be four wide in upper stretch, was under strong handled and was up in time. 1st Coal Battle ( J P Vargas 121 ) 2nd Speed King ( R Bejarano 121 ) 0.50L 3rd Dominant Spirit ( J L Alvarez 121 ) 5.50L See full results | J P Vargas 54.9kg | 1 (12) |
| Delta Downs 09-Nov-24 1310m FIRM R6 Delta Downs race 6 $60,000 (of $60,000) Barrier 2, Winning Time: 01:19.930, SP: 19/10 Drifted out,clear,best 1st Coal Battle ( J Vargas 116 , Cd 118 ) 2nd A Million Moons ( J Rodriguez 123 ) 2.50L 3rd Contrabandist ( T Pompell 116 ) 1.25L | J Vargas 52.6kg, Cd 53.5kg | 1 (7) |
| Keeneland 13-Oct-24 1610m GOOD R10 Race 10 $1,375 (of $109,999) Barrier 4, Winning Time: 01:36.350 pursued from midpack four wide, shifted out to the six path nearing midstretch and lacked a bid. 1st Poster ( R Bejarano 122 ) 2nd Curahee ( L Saez 122 ) 3.00L 3rd Enterdadragon ( I O Jr 120 ) 3.50L 7th Coal Battle ( C J Lanerie 120 ) 5.75L See full results | C J Lanerie 54.4kg 5.75L | 7 (12) |
| Kentucky Downs 09-Sep-24 1610m GOOD R7 Kentucky Downs Juvenile Mile Stakes (Stakes) $70,000 (of $1,000,000) Barrier 14, Winning Time: 01:34.530 was reluctant to load, settled back early, three wide on the turn, angled wide in the lane and had a belated rally. 1st Tiztastic ( I O Jr 118 ) 2nd West Beach ( L Dettori 118 ) 0.25L 3rd Ready For Peace ( J L Ortiz 120 ) 4.00L 4th Coal Battle ( J P Vargas 118 ) 6.00L See full results | J P Vargas 53.5kg 6.00L | 4 (12) |
| Evangeline Downs 25-Jul-24 1010m FIRM Md (of $18,000), Winning Time: 00:59.520, SP: 13/2 Contention, clear late 1st Coal Battle ( J Vargas 118 ) 2nd Running Ragged ( T Thornton 115 ) 3.50L 3rd Yorktown Panther ( T Pompell 115 ) 2.25L | J Vargas 53.5kg | 1 (9) |