John-Z's Overlay · Trifecta ATM

Sat, Jun 6

Race 2

OClm 80000b

Post: 11:37 · 7f · Dirt · $125K purse · 8 runners

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Pace shape

8 runners

Contested pace

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

2 E — pure early 2 EP — early/presser 2 P — presser 2 S — closer

Projected speed

Trifecta shape

Competitive

Model has no clear edge — every ticket structure is steeply negative-EV. Skip, or treat as an entertainment bet and size accordingly.

3-horse box on posts 3, 9, 4

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

Cost

$6.00

6 combos

Hit prob

12.4%

simulated

Typical payout if hit

$17.15

mean $16.21

Expected ROI

-66.5%

net $-3.99

  • · Most-likely-to-cash structure: 3-horse box on posts [3, 9, 4] — hits 12.4% of simulated runs
  • · At $6 stake, a typical cash pays ≈ $17 (mean $16; trifecta payoffs are heavy-tailed). Estimated from the public pool, validated against archive payoffs.
  • · Multiple legitimate contenders — model is less concentrated.

A Top picks

3, 9

B Contenders

4, 7, 8

C Value-edge longshots

1, 6

Other ticket structures (5)
Ticket Cost Hit prob Typical payout ROI
1×3×3 key (top pick) $6.00 8.9% $17.15 -67%
2×4×4 part wheel $12.00 17.0% $17.52 -68%
1×4×4 key (top pick) $12.00 13.2% $19.05 -68%
1×5×5 key (top pick) $20.00 16.6% $19.05 -64%
4-horse box $24.00 28.8% $21.14 -63%

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: 70% · Top 4 cover 2.11 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
3AELIFE AND TIMES1.8-11.3-195.024%63%-28%
9APSENIOR OFFICER2.0-11.3-193.522%61%-24%
4BSINCENTIVE PAY5.0-14.0-191.718%52%+10%
7BEPCONTRARY THINKING8.0-16.4-189.711%35%+7%
8BEPCOMMUTED6.0-16.7-187.69%29%-8%
6CPAWESOME NATIVE20-123-185.76%21%+9%
1CSPARADISE VALLEY30-132-185.46%20%+12%
5ERESILIENCE15-117-185.25%19%·+3%
2SCREUNLIMITEDPOTENTIAL30-1

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. See How to Use for the math.

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