Why J Boys Echo Can Win the Belmont Stakes – Pros and Cons - Latest Odds

Jo Boys Echo may be able to win the 2017 Belmont Stakes at 10/1 odds.

Pros – Winner of the Gotham Stakes.  Trained by Dale Romans.

Cons –.Was a non-factor in the Kentucky Derby.

Quick Thoughts – “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.”

- Don Shapiro, Gambling911.com