Wicked Strong, General A Rod Odds to Win the 2014 Belmont Stakes

Wicked Strong and General A Rod odds to win the 2014 Belmont Stakes were just shy of 6/1 and 23/1, respectively.

Wicked Strong’s odds had been slashed to 6/1 just hours prior to the start of the Kentucky Derby. 

This Jimmy Jerkens-trained colt was seen as one that could run the distance and posed a serious threat as a closer.  He did finish 4^th and skipped the Preakness Stakes.

Wicked Strong was, and still is, a sentimental favorite during this Triple Crown season carrying with it the message of “Boston Strong”.

Wicked Strong represents Boston with the promise to give 5 percent of the colt's Triple Crown winnings to victims of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings. 

General A Rod comes into this Belmont Stakes race as a huge long shot. 

He won the Gulfstream Park Derby in January and was impressive in February’s Fountain of Youth and the Florida Derby in March.  At the Kentucky Derby, General A Rod finished an awful 11th place but did make some amends at the Preakness Stakes, finishing 4^th (missing third by a head).

- Mary Montgomery, Gambling911.com