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J Boys Echo odds of winning the 2017 Belmont Stakes were coming in at 14/1. These odds are subject to change with live Belmont Stakes odds available here.
The Gotham Stakes winner was a non-factor in his last race, which just happened to be the Kentucky Derby, where he finished 15th.
Trainer Dale Romans is optimistic his horse can get the job done.
“It's going to be a big field of horses, a lot of good horses,” Romans said of the Belmont. “You might not have the two marquee names out there right now [Derby winner Always Dreaming and Preakness victor Cloud Computing], but you might have some horses who will be marquee names by the fall. I think a lot of people would like to say they were there when that horse had its breakthrough race, so people should show up. A star could be born. Maybe it's J Boy.
“It's a hard race to predict,” he added. “Unless there's a stone-cold standout, it's such an outlier for what horses have done or will do again. It's definitely a great race, and hard to win. Hard to have the right kind of horse.”
Note that the early favorite, Classic Empire, has been scratched from Saturday’s race.
Epicharis 7/2
Irish War Cry 7/2
Lookin At Lee 4/1
Senior Investment 5/1
Tapwrit 7/1
Gormley 12/1
J Boys Echo 14/1
Meantime 14/1
Multiplier 16/1
Twisted Tom 16/1
Patch 25/1
Hollywood Handsome 33/1
- Don Shapiro, Gambling911.com
