J Boys Echo and Robby Albarado win the G3 Gotham and score 50pts toward the Derby!
J Boys Echo is the winner of the 2017 Gotham Stakes. The horse entered the race with 8-1 odds, but was not the favorite. El Areeb entered the race as the favorite but could not do better than third.
El Areeb was looking to win his fifth straight race and looked in control for much of the Gotham. J Boys Echo made a last minute push at the end and the burst was good enough to pull away from the other horses. J Boys Echo receives 50 points towards the Road to the Kentucky Derby standings.
Cloud Computing earned 20 points while El Areeb finished with 10 points. Action Everyday rounds out the field with five points.
Here’s a look at the Gotham Stakes 2017 results courtesy of Blood Horse. The following horses were sratches: Apartfromthecrowd, Glennrichment and Miggsy.
| PLACE | HORSE |
| 1 | J Boys Echo |
| 2 | Cloud Computing |
| 3 | El Areeb |
| 4 | Action Everyday |
| 5 | True Timber |
| 6 | So Conflated |
| 7 | Gaetano |
Payout
Here’s a look at the payout for today’s race courtesy of TVG.
| HORSE | WIN | PLACE | SHOW |
| J Boys Echo | $14.80 | $7.30 | $2.70 |
| Cloud Computing | $6.50 | $3.30 | |
| El Areeb | $2.10 |
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Gotham Stakes Results, Payout & Winner 2017 Race