John-Z's Overlay · Trifecta ATM

Sun, May 24

Race 2

Clm 32000

Post: 1:15 · 1m · Dirt · $71K purse · 7 runners

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Pace shape

7 runners

Contested pace

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

1 E — pure early 3 EP — early/presser 2 P — presser 1 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 7, 5, 1

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

Cost

$6.00

6 combos

Hit prob

4.4%

simulated

Typical payout if hit

$62.64

mean $67.96

Expected ROI

-50.6%

net $-3.04

  • · Most-likely-to-cash structure: 3-horse box on posts [7, 5, 1] — hits 4.4% of simulated runs
  • · At $6 stake, a typical cash pays ≈ $63 (mean $68; 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

7

B Contenders

5, 1, 3

C Value-edge longshots

2, 4

Other ticket structures (5)
Ticket Cost Hit prob Typical payout ROI
1×3×3 key (top pick) $6.00 4.5% $49.43 -67%
A key, B in 2nd, A+B+C in 3rd $12.00 8.2% $49.43 -59%
2×4×4 part wheel $12.00 8.3% $49.43 -65%
1×4×4 key (top pick) $12.00 8.7% $30.50 -73%
1×5×5 key (top pick) $20.00 13.7% $45.85 -70%

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: 62% · Top 4 cover 1.85 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 Pred Fig Win ITM% Edge
7ASSYSTEMIC CHANGE2.5-12.4-186.519%53%-20%
5BEPCLASSIC LEGACY4.0-13.9-183.315%45%-6%
1BPNOTARY6.0-17.0-184.214%44%+7%
3BEPBIG CITY3.0-13.4-184.814%43%-20%
6EPREAL MACHO3.5-13.2-179.813%41%-16%
4CPCURLIN'S GESTURE8.0-16.8-181.313%39%+11%
2CEEVENING NEWS20-126-181.911%36%+23%

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. See How to Use for the math.

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