Breeders Hume Wornall and Jay Adcock bred Rebel Stakes winner Coal Battle, and Adcock now stands sire Coal Front in Louisiana ...

Watch out for the “Little Guy.” Sold for just $70,000 at a yearling sale in Texas, owned by a grocery store owner from Alabama who has had just a few horses and trained by a veteran who had never won ...

The bargain-buy $70,000 colt trained by Louisiana horseman Lonnie Briley posted a $25.80 win in the Grade 2 Rebel Stakes, and ...

Norman Stables’ Coal Battle won his third straight scoring race on the Road to the Kentucky Derby in Sunday’s $1.25 million ...

Coal Battle was 11-1, which was about right considering the price tag and breeding of most of the field in the Rebel Stakes, ...

Life is good these days for Coal Battle. “Yeah, I mean, what else?” Coal Battle’s trainer, Lonnie Briley, joked Monday morning. “He’s a good little dude. Proud of himself right now.” ...

The Smarty Jones winner had shipped to trainer Lonnie Briley's string at Delta Downs to escape bad weather in Hot Springs ...

Norman Stables' Coal Battle scored one for the little guy on Sunday at Oaklawn Park, overtaking Madaket Road to win the GII Rebel Stakes. His owner Robbie Norman joins this week's TDN Writers' Room.

To date, Coal Battle and Secret Faith have combined to win $880,897 and have nine stakes victories between them. They are on a trajectory that Norman hopes ultimately leads them to the Kentucky ...

In the Dec. 13 Remington Park feature, Coal Battle came from off the pace to nail front-running Speed King by a half-length on the wire. He showed his versatility Jan. 4 when he withstood pressure ...

The Rebel Stakes produced a popular result for a small-time operation – but Ron Wood is dealing in cold, hard analysis in his latest weekly update Given his small-time barn, much had already been made ...