But that was the only stain on the record of Devil His Due during his recent rise to the top of the handicap division.
Running Stag could easily rule the handicap division.
Field Is Open This year's highly regarded handicap division, which seemed the strongest in at least a decade, has been coming apart at the seams.
According to the New York Times report, the win confirmed his status as the best horse in the handicap division.
Organizers are expecting more than 60 sailboats, 30 to 50 feet, each sailing under one of three handicap divisions.
He has a chance to come back and become a star as a horse in the handicap division with all those races at tracks all over the country.
And the handicap division, which had been disappointing in recent months, now looks ready to fulfill its early-season promise of offering some outstanding battles among the 4-year-olds.
But now he has graduated to the handicap division and in the Donn will probably compete against five other Grade I stakes winners.
It is too early to tell if Precisionist can recapture his best racing form, but his presence would buoy the already brilliant handicap division this season.
They are the only two boats of that design entered, leaving race officials no choice but to place them in their own handicap division.