John-Z's Overlay · Trifecta ATM

Sat, Jun 6

Race 7

JsAGm-G1

Post: 2:47 · 1m · Turf · $500K purse · 8 runners

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Pace shape

8 runners

Contested pace

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

1 E — pure early 2 EP — early/presser 4 P — presser 1 Unclassified

Projected speed

1 of 8 runners have no BRIS run-style code (often first-time starters); narrative may understate the true pace.

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.

1×5×5 key (top pick) on posts 5, 3, 2, 8, 1, 6

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

Cost

$20.00

20 combos

Hit prob

18.2%

simulated

Typical payout if hit

$86.26

mean $173.74

Expected ROI

+58.2%

net $11.63

  • · Most-likely-to-cash structure: 1×5×5 key (top pick) on posts [5, 3, 2, 8, 1, 6] — hits 18.2% of simulated runs
  • · At $20 stake, a typical cash pays ≈ $86 (mean $174; trifecta payoffs are heavy-tailed). Estimated from the public pool, validated against archive payoffs.
  • · Multiple legitimate contenders — model is less concentrated.

A Top picks

5

B Contenders

3, 2, 8

C Value-edge longshots

6, 7

Other ticket structures (5)
Ticket Cost Hit prob Typical payout ROI
A key, B in 2nd, A+B+C in 3rd $12.00 11.8% $43.34 +39%
1×4×4 key (top pick) $12.00 14.0% $86.26 +35%
1×3×3 key (top pick) $6.00 8.2% $43.34 +16%
3-horse box $6.00 8.4% $25.37 -60%
2×4×4 part wheel $12.00 15.3% $33.82 -34%

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 2.10 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
5AEPAND ONE MORE TIME8.0-16.7-193.223%62%+33%
3BEPSEGESTA1.4-11.2-193.219%55%-45%
2BPSANDTRAP3.0-12.4-190.315%47%-17%
8BPDEEP SATIN12-112-192.015%46%+27%
1ECLASSIC Q6.0-17.5-190.812%38%·+2%
6CPFAST MARKET20-126-188.57%25%+13%
7CPBUTTERCREAM BABE15-118-188.27%24%+8%
4MANDANABA4.5-15.3-172.11%3%-44%

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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