Kenny Peck's play for Monday's Jackpot Super Hi-5 mandatory payout at Assiniboia Downs

Monday’s Jackpot Super Hi-5 at Assiniboia Downs features a mandatory payout and an estimated pool of $500,000. A huge field of 12 is set for the eighth race (expected post 11:05 p.m. Central).

This abbreviated sprint features a good amount of speed, and that should help to set up those horses with a late kick.

THE FIDDLERS GREEN is such a horse, and while he was off the board when last seen he didn’t get anywhere near the fractions he could get in this one. Two back, he was caught up in a duel going long and actually held well to get the show, and in his first start against winners he had almost no chance to close in a five-furlong sprint that featured little proven speed. The Fiddlers Green will be a very nice price, which justifies a deep spread underneath. I’ll key him in the top spot and hope that he’s anywhere close to his 15-1 morning-line price, as that would create immediate value in this carryover wager.

Underneath, it makes a lot of sense to use SKO’DEN prominently, despite the fact that he benefited from the race flow in his last two as he should be nicely set up once again. YESITSMEJOHNNY G comes off a game win against similar, and he has shown that he can race on the lead or come from just off the pace. SOUL OBSESSION won his maiden on the lead last time, but he rallied with interest for the place two back and could pick up some pieces late once again. Though he has done some of his best work on the lead, ROCKY BARBADOS may have been experimenting with a new running style in his latest, when he was taken off the early pace and asked to make a late run. He was off the board, but he didn’t run badly, and he can be expected to improve today with that experience under his belt.

THE PLAY: 2 / 3, 5, 8, 9 / 3, 5, 8, 9 / ALL / ALL = $172.80 Ticket