John-Z's Overlay · Trifecta ATM

Fri, May 1

Race 12

Edgewood-G2

Post: 7:40 · 1.06m · Turf · $600K purse · 13 runners · LIVE Trifecta math uses live odds for 13 of 13 runners

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Pace shape

13 runners

Contested pace

4 early types — pace should be honest but not crazy. No strong style bias.

4 EP — early/presser 5 P — presser 4 S — closer

Projected speed

Trifecta shape

Wide open

Lottery shape — low hit rates, larger payouts when they cash. Entertainment-only; the model is not confident in any structure.

3-horse box on posts 3, 11, 8

The model's most-likely-to-cash structure (informational — not a bet recommendation).

Cost

$6.00

6 combos

Hit prob

0.8%

simulated

Typical payout if hit

$84.22

mean $87.65

Expected ROI

-88.5%

net $-5.31

  • · Most-likely-to-cash structure: 3-horse box on posts [3, 11, 8] — hits 0.8% of simulated runs
  • · At $6 stake, a typical cash pays ≈ $84 (mean $88; trifecta payoffs are heavy-tailed). Estimated from the public pool, validated against archive payoffs.
  • · Wide-open shape — anyone could hit; longshots have room.

A Top picks

3, 11

B Contenders

8, 5, 13

C Value-edge longshots

2, 14

Other ticket structures (5)
Ticket Cost Hit prob Typical payout ROI
1×3×3 key (top pick) $6.00 0.8% $57.51 -92%
1×4×4 key (top pick) $12.00 1.7% $71.97 -90%
2×4×4 part wheel $12.00 1.5% $71.97 -91%
1×5×5 key (top pick) $20.00 2.5% $79.08 -89%
2×5×5 part wheel $24.00 3.1% $79.08 -87%

Hit prob is the model's per-race PL distribution. "Typical payout" is the median cash, weighted by the public pool's odds (not the model's own picks) and calibrated to actual historical trifecta payoffs — so it reflects what the tote really pays, not the model's disagreement. Walk-forward backtests show pari-mutuel takeout (~16-26%) is too steep to consistently clear at this data scale — these are tipsheet outputs, not bet recommendations.

Top-4 ITM concentration: 38% · Top 4 cover 1.14 of the 3.00 expected ITM finishers

Field

Click any horse name for the per-horse breakdown (last-10-races chart, SHAP feature contributions, full PP table).

PP Horse ML Pred Close Live Pred Fig Win ITM% Edge
3APIMAGINATIONTHELADY4.0-13.0-12.0-189.411%31%-54%
11ASTIME TO DREAM5.0-14.9-17.0-189.510%28%·-4%
8BPLION LAKE8.0-18.6-15.0-189.29%27%-15%
5BEPJUST ALOOF8.0-17.1-14.0-187.69%27%-24%
13BPINDIGO WOODS15-114-110-187.99%26%·+3%
9SDANDONA6.0-15.1-111-188.29%26%·+5%
1SSTORM'S WAKE6.0-16.8-19.0-189.59%25%·-0%
4EPLORELEI LEE15-114-1·17-182.87%20%+6%
2CPCONNECT THE STARS30-141-138-185.77%20%+13%
6EPTAM TAM15-119-121-185.07%20%+8%
14CPTO A FLAME20-128-134-184.36%17%+10%
10SBOHEMIAN20-137-134-183.65%17%+9%
12EPTAKEN BY THE WIND30-137-1·33-179.65%15%+7%
7SCRSLOVELY GREY15-1

Sort the table by clicking column headers. Edge = our predicted ITM% minus the public-implied ITM% (live odds when present, ML otherwise); green ▲ ≥ +5pp, red ▼ ≤ −5pp. Live column: ↓ green = ≥25% shorter than ML (money horse); ↑ red = ≥25% longer (drifting). See How to Use for the math.

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