John-Z's Overlay · Trifecta ATM

Sat, Jun 6

Race 10

WStphn-G1

Post: 4:52 · 7f · Dirt · $500K purse · 9 runners

New — Ask Claude Opus about this race Why a horse rates the way it does, what the trifecta ticket means, where the public might be wrong.

Pace shape

9 runners

Hot pace

7 early types pressing for the lead — expect a fast pace, favors closers (P/S).

2 E — pure early 5 EP — early/presser 2 P — presser

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 6, 5, 1

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

Cost

$6.00

6 combos

Hit prob

3.4%

simulated

Typical payout if hit

$100.42

mean $101.69

Expected ROI

-41.6%

net $-2.50

  • · Most-likely-to-cash structure: 3-horse box on posts [6, 5, 1] — hits 3.4% of simulated runs
  • · At $6 stake, a typical cash pays ≈ $100 (mean $102; 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

6

B Contenders

5, 1, 8

C Value-edge longshots

9

Other ticket structures (5)
Ticket Cost Hit prob Typical payout ROI
1×3×3 key (top pick) $6.00 3.2% $99.88 -47%
A key, B in 2nd, A+B+C in 3rd $9.00 4.4% $106.45 -44%
2×4×4 part wheel $12.00 5.9% $106.45 -37%
4-horse box $24.00 10.7% $129.05 -28%
5-horse A,B,C box $60.00 21.1% $143.53 -14%

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: 55% · Top 4 cover 1.64 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
6APCRUDE VELOCITY1.8-11.2-197.718%50%-41%
5BEPSOLITUDE DUDE6.0-15.5-195.916%45%+8%
1BPGILDED BANDIT8.0-17.0-192.712%37%+9%
8BEPCIVIL LIBERTY10-19.3-191.811%32%+9%
7EENGLISHMAN3.0-12.4-191.410%32%-32%
9CEPTAJ MAHAL15-113-193.29%29%+13%
3ESIX SPEED10-19.2-192.98%27%·+3%
2EPOBLITERATION8.0-18.9-191.88%26%·-2%
4EPSTRADALE15-114-190.97%22%+6%

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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