In keeping with the sports theme of the composition, Joplin begins the trio with an introduction that is reminiscent of the first call used before a horse race.

Berlin notes that the trio is the composition's outstanding feature, revealing "musical thinking unusual for ragtime."

Although Joplin often used the technique to bring resolution to individual strains, in "The Easy Winners," he builds the entire trio on the concept.

Finally, in the last five measures of the trio, Joplin begins the phrase an extra semitone higher at C flat and completes the chromatic descent to F natural.

The Shattinger Music Company of St. Louis, Missouri bought the piece and published a simplified version.