John-Z's Overlay · Trifecta ATM

Sat, Jun 6

Race 3

OClm 80000b

Post: 12:15 · 1.06m · Turf · $125K purse · 6 runners

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Pace shape

6 runners

Contested pace

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

1 E — pure early 1 EP — early/presser 1 P — presser 3 S — closer

Projected speed

Trifecta shape

Tight

Highest hit-rate tier — best chance to cash a small ticket. Still negative-EV after takeout, but the model has a read.

1×3×3 key (top pick) on posts 8, 9, 7, 1

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

Cost

$6.00

6 combos

Hit prob

19.7%

simulated

Typical payout if hit

$8.63

mean $10.37

Expected ROI

-66.0%

net $-3.96

  • · Most-likely-to-cash structure: 1×3×3 key (top pick) on posts [8, 9, 7, 1] — hits 19.7% of simulated runs
  • · At $6 stake, a typical cash pays ≈ $9 (mean $10; trifecta payoffs are heavy-tailed). Estimated from the public pool, validated against archive payoffs.
  • · Top 4 cover the ITM math — chalk should hit; payouts likely small.

A Top picks

8

B Contenders

9, 7, 1

C Value-edge longshots

3

Other ticket structures (5)
Ticket Cost Hit prob Typical payout ROI
3-horse box $6.00 15.3% $8.63 -68%
A key, B in 2nd, A+B+C in 3rd $9.00 25.1% $8.63 -65%
1×4×4 key (top pick) $12.00 29.9% $11.37 -63%
2×4×4 part wheel $12.00 29.4% $8.63 -63%
4-horse box $24.00 48.4% $11.40 -53%

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: 81% · Top 4 cover 2.44 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
8ASINTELLECT1.2-10.7-193.138%83%-17%
9BPCANDYTOWN4.0-13.9-186.416%54%·+3%
7BSSON OF A BIRCH10-18.9-186.916%54%+30%
1BSEJTIMAA12-111-186.815%53%+33%
3CEPCIAO CHUCK20-118-183.29%33%+21%
5EBONUS MOVE15-120-181.56%23%+7%
2SCRSSIGNATOR10-1
4SCREPTWO'S A CROWD10-1
6SCREPTENACIOUS LEADER5.0-1
10SCREPRANGER BATTALION2.5-1
11SCRELE GRIS3.0-1
12SCREOTELLO5.0-1
13SCREPSARA'S SHAMAN20-1
14SCREPBIG BLUE LINE6.0-1
15SCREPCASTLE CHAOS8.0-1

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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