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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.