Peck: How I'd play the Stronach 5 on Friday, March 20, 2020

LEG A (LRL 9th): RUNS FOR LUCK makes his first start off the claim by Jamie Ness, who is winning at 26% with such runners. MINERS QUEST closed well for the place in his latest under these same conditions; obvious threat. MIDNIGHT CRY blew a clear lead as the favorite, drifting out late; nice works since suggest he'll come back better (3).

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LEG B (SA 4th): RANEEM may be best of those runners with experience, but she's tough to rely on -- this will be her ninth career start and she seems to be best when on the lead, and there's a good amount of speed in this field. I'll also include firsters THICK SMOKE and BOCHIM, as both have decent works and connections that are more than capable of winning with debut runners (3).

LEG C (GP 10th): CUY stepped up in a big way with the blinkers added for his last start, rallying nicely to just miss despite some trouble in the opening stages. DON'T TASE ME BRO has license to improve with the class drop, and he, too, could see improvement today with blinkers on today. MY HANDSOME MIKE seems to land in a very good spot for his debut (3).

LEG D (GG 4th): Tempted to stand with EL CENTENARIO, who makes his first start for a tag for high-percentage trainer Jonathan Wong. He cuts back in distance but one of his best efforts was at 5 1/2 furlongs. But DUBRONSKY has been showing some speed in the mornings, and trainer Michael Lenzini is clicking at 21% (2).

LEG E (LRL 10th): A very difficult race to plot in terms of pace, with a good many stretching out in distance and no proven pure speed among those who have gone a mile or over. It's also a fairly competitive field in terms of Beyers, making it tough to pare down. For the purposes of this ticket I'll use TWO DOORS DOWN, TABLE MAX, JOHNNY JIGGLE, INSPIRED OPTIONS and JUST CHILL OUT equally, but if employing the "A-B-C" method -- playing multiple, weighted tickets -- it might make sense to use them, and others, in varying strength (5).

THE PLAY: 1, 2, 9 / 3, 4, 5 / 1, 4, 5 / 3, 4 / 4, 6, 8, 9, 10 = $270 Ticket