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[cal828]

I am going to go out on a limb and say no one will hit that straight trifecta. Even if you made it a 3 horse box, it would still be very difficult. I think last year the two betting favorites came in 1,2, but that 3rd place horse was very long odds. I think the 50 cent tri was about a thousand dollars, if memory serves. I hit a straight tri once in the Preakness for a buck the year that Rachel Alexandra won and Mine that Bird came in 2nd, but that was a much smaller field than the Derby. That was the only time I ever hit a straight tri and if I had only known, of course I would have loaded up an 18 wheeler full of money on it.

[DonGuido]

Yes, I think it's a roll of the dice year picking a winner on top and any others for and exacta or tri, or just picking the winner. I don't see any predominant favorite. Post position may help some, I'm not sure weather is a plus or minus. Maybe it's the year of a mild or real longshot???

[JolyB]

Twin Spires runs a contest on their wagering platform and yesterday it used Race 1 at Belmont. The goal was to select the trifecta in order. The field scratched down to only 4. The favorite was 1-5 and looked like it on paper and won as she should have. Despite all of that I failed to pick the winning tri as my second place pick lost a lot of ground due to a poor start, not advisable for a 5 furlong race. If I can't pick a tri in a 4 horse field with an odds on slam dunk favorite, I don't have a chance with a 20 horse Derby field with many question marks. [But I'll take a stab anyway]

[RUFFIAN]

TIZ PROBABLY SILLY 🙄
THESE PIX THAT I DO
BUT THAT WON’T BE KNOWN
TILL THE RACE DAY IS THRU

STRAIGHT TRIFECTA 🏆 🏆 🏆
#14
ESSENTIAL QUALITY { GRAY + GORGEOUS 💗}

#15
ROCK YOUR WORLD 🌎

#1
KNOWN AGENDA 🙄
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LAST PLACE HORSE 🐎 😔
#6 = BESOS
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LAST BY 33 LENGTHS 😲

[cal828]

Straight Tri:

14 Essential Quality

17 Highly Motivated

15 Rock Your World

Last Place Horse: 3 Brooklyn Strong

Lengths back: 30

[JolyB]

Trifecta: 14 / 15 / 9

Dead last: Helium

Beaten lengths: 34