Coal Front colt tallied a third stakes victory and second in a Kentucky Derby qualifying race Saturday at the Hot Springs, ...

With ten points per stop, Coal Battle is gaining momentum on the road to the Triple Crown. The Springboard Mile winner Dec.

Remington Springboard Mile Stakes winner Coal Battle won a second points race on the Road to the Kentucky Derby by soundly defeating Mo Quality in the Jan. 4 Smarty Jones Stakes at Oaklawn Park.

Move over Bob Baffert and save a seat for Lonnie Briley on the train to the Kentucky Derby (G1). Coal Battle led from the ...

A cast of eight newly turned three-year-olds will travel 1 1/16 miles on the Oaklawn Park dirt in Saturday’s $250,000 Smarty ...

Among the eight horses entered in this year’s Smarty Jones, two are already stakes winners. Coal Battle won the Springboard ...

Trainer Chris Davis hopes to send out his first winner at Oaklawn with the lightly-raced Mo Quality, taking on the $250,000 ...

Smarty Jones made a lasting impression at Oaklawn Park in 2004, sweeping the Southwest Stakes, Rebel Stakes, and Arkansas ...

Winning by four lengths, Coal Battle paid $11, $4.20 and $2.60 in the six-horse field (Optical and Curvino were scratched).

The Smarty Jones S. at Oaklawn Park isn’t a graded stakes, but it’s nevertheless a highly productive Road to the Kentucky ...

Already in possession of points on the Road the Kentucky Derby thanks to his win in the Remington Springboard Mile Dec. 13, COAL BATTLE (c, 3, Coal Front–Wolfblade, by Midshipman) added 10 points to ...

Safely turning a calendar leaf onto its 121st thoroughbred racing season, Oaklawn Racing Casino Resort honors with stakes races the state bird and a four-legged, Arkansas-campaigned sports icon.