Epicharis Odds to Win the 2017 Belmont Stakes

Epicharis would pay out $75 for every $10 bet with +750 odds should he win this year’s Belmont Stakes.  These odds were slashed dramatically down to 7/2 Wednesday morning with news that Classic Empire will not be running this race.

Epicharis skipped the first two legs of the Triple Crown.

He won the Hyacinth Stakes back in February before finishing 2nd at the UAE Derby-G2.

"We feel he looked very good and his run in the backstretch was very good," said Japanese trainer Kiyoshi Hagiwara, through an interpreter, of the UAE Derby Sponsored By The Saeed & Mohammed Al Naboodah Group (G2) runner-up. "I believe he will (have) a good performance in the race. ... He recovered from the long flight well—better than Dubai—so he's in good form right now."

Below were your early Belmont Stakes 2017 odds to win:

To win the Belmont Stakes

11:00 AM     

501        Classic Empire             +170     

503        Epicharis              Now 7/2    

504        Gormley               +1000   

505        Irish War Cry              Now 7/2   

506        J Boys Echo          +2000   

507        Lookin At Lee              +700     

508        Meantime             +2500   

509        Multiplier              +2500   

510        Patch            +2500   

511        Senior Investment             +1300   

512        Tapwrit         +625     

514        Twisted Tom               +2800   

515   Hollywood Handsome           +3500

- Don Shapiro, Gambling911.com