For the fourth consecutive year, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum’s powerful Godolphin racing stable finished 2024 as the leading North Amrican breeder by earnings.
This feature provides a capsule look at three horses who are heating up on the Triple Crown trail and three horses whose chances for the 2025 Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve are not quite as strong as they previously were.
Coal Battle started off his 3-year-old campaign in style with a victory in the Smarty Jones Stakes at Oaklawn Park by four lengths Jan. 4 for trainer Lonnie Briley.
