PEDULLA: What is Coal Battle like to ride? VARGAS: I can control him. He's an excellent horse. He's not too hard to ride. He makes my job easy because I can put him in any position I want.

Coal Battle - Gallop - Oaklawn Park - 03-27-25 Coady ... Landen Carrier America's Best Racing's Patrick Reed provides a horse-by-horse rundown of the Arkansas Derby (G1) lineup.

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That discussion obviously begins with Coal Battle, who went from a $70,000 purchase ... "I had 20-something horses on my list, and then it got down to like three horses from a shortlist, and ...

After a thrilling stretch battle, Jolly Samurai captured the $134,000 ... but did a great job. This horse is not the biggest horse and after the Lecomte, I was worried that maybe he wouldn ...

Coal Battle wins the Smarty Jones at Oaklawn Park. (Photo by Coady Media) A field of nine passed the entry box for the 1 1/8-mile Arkansas Derby (G1), which offers Kentucky Derby (G1) qualifying ...