Saturday's Best Bet: Anothertwistafate pounces on foes in San Gabriel

Saturday’s 7th race from Santa Anita Park is the Grade 2 San Gabriel Stakes for 4-year-olds and up traveling a mile and an eighth on the turf course (Post Time 6:35 p.m. ET).

#6 ANOTHERTWISTAFATE (5-2) switched to turf and ran a quality race in the Seabiscuit (G2) Nov. 28. He was on the early lead and was in chase mode after Blitzkrieg pushed clear, and he fought hard all the way to the end in a 2-1/2 length defeat as the favorite. This was his first turf attempt for his new trainer Peter Miller and as I said in my recap of that race, I would not hesitate to play him back vs. this kind in the near future, and I will. Joel Rosario knows him now and blinkers go on, and he might sit a great trip tracking #3 Bob and Jackie (4-1). The latter is a miler and he might be able to stay a mile and an eighth due to the lack of pace.

#5 Count Again (2-1) went last-to-first in the Seabiscuit Handicap, and he drilled a bullet for this Dec. 27. The added distance of this race helps him but the lack of pace does not. 

Wagers:

#6 to win

Exacta 6/3-5

Exacta 3-5/6

Recent Best Bet Winners
Dec. 22 - ASHLEY'S NEW SHOES ($7.00)
Dec. 23 - RECODED ($7.00), Exacta ($24.20)
Dec. 26 - NASTY ($15.80), Exacta ($75.20)
Dec. 31 - SET PIECE ($6.60)
Jan. 1 - GULF COAST ($6.40), Exacta ($27.20)

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