Twelve Tribes vs. Edison in Coady Stakes

A couple of one-mile turf stakes for 3-year-olds, one for both sexes and one for females, highlight Saturday’s Turf Paradise card. The $35,000 Jeff and Jack Coady drew a field of six, while the $35,000 Chandler for fillies matches nine.

Twelve Tribes, owned by Charles Garvey and trained by Robertino Diodoro, may be the one to beat in the Jeff and Jack Coady. He has flourished on turf since being claimed for $20,000 by Diodoro at Canterbury on Sept. 1. Twelve Tribes rallied strongly from far back to beat restricted claimers at Canterbury on Sept. 13 and finished strongly to post an easy 5 1/4-length win on this course Oct. 20. Geovanni Franco rides.

Twelve Tribes’s main competition figures to come from Edison, a two-time winner on turf this year, once at Gulfstream and once at Canterbury. He won the Grade 3 Canadian Derby at Northlands Park by 11 1/2 lengths Aug. 16 before finishing 12th in the Grade 3 Oklahoma Derby at Remington Park on Sept. 28.

Taelyns Prince, a turf winner in Southern California, could pose a threat. He was fourth to Twelve Tribes here Oct. 20, but that was his first start in a couple of months and his first start here, so he could improve.

The Chandler features a rematch of Bear Facts and Make Money Honey, who ran one-two in an allowance race on this course Oct. 25.

Bear Facts, owned by WindyLea Farm and trained by Valorie Lund, pressed the pace and upset Make Money Honey by a half-length at 11-1. That was her first start in a couple of months.

Make Money Honey, trained by Wendy Uhacz, rallied strongly to post an 18-1 upset over allowance foes on turf at Penn National on Oct. 1. She went into the Oct. 25 race as the 2.40-1 favorite and rallied well for second. She has some speed, so she doesn’t have to come from well back.

JEFF AND JACK COADY (RACE 5)

KEY CONTENDERS

TWELVE TRIBES (Last 3 Beyers: 83-63-46)

◗ He appears to have come into his own in recent months.

◗ He has shown versatility. His maiden win, which came on turf at Canterbury, came when he stalked the pace, while in his last two wins, he came from well off the pace.

TAELYNS PRINCE (Last 3 Beyers: 66-82-86)

◗ He might make amends after finishing fourth behind Twelve Tribes, beaten seven lengths, as the 2-5 favorite on turf here Oct. 20.

◗ A son of grass champion and top grass sire English Channel, he beat maidens on Santa Anita’s hillside grass course May 25.

EDISON (Last 3 Beyers: 58-76-73)

◗ Showed turf talent when easily beating maidens on grass at Gulfstream Park on Jan. 16 and then beating winners on turf at Canterbury Park on June 21.

◗ He’s by 3-year-old champion and top sire Bernardini and cost $950,000 at auction.

CHANDLER STAKES (RACE 7)

KEY CONTENDERS

BEAR FACTS (Last 3 Beyers: 73-71-52)

◗ Two of her three wins have come on turf.

◗ She has shown versatility. Her first grass win (at Canterbury on May 23) came from well off the pace, while her Oct. 25 win came after pressing the issue.

MAKE MONEY HONEY (Last 3 Beyers: 72-73-66)

◗ Both her wins came on grass.

◗ She’s run well on turf here and at Penn National, Parx, and Delaware.

DECATUR PRINCESS (Beyers: 68-56-53)

◗ Her connections thought enough of her to take on boys in Emerald’s Gottstein Futurity last year, and she finished fourth.

◗ In her only start since, she won an allowance race at Emerald by 8 1/2 lengths on Sept. 14.

◗ Tries grass for the first time but is by the sharp grass sire Broken Vow, with top-class grass sire Dynaformer as her dam’s sire.