Running Stag could only finish fourth of six behind Lemon Drop Kid in the 750,000 Whitney Handicap at Saratoga last night.
Philip Mitchell's globe-trotter was well beaten by the 1999 Belmont Stakes winner, having endured a gruelling 24-hour journey from Epsom to the United States on Thursday.
Lemon Drop Kid had a length and a quarter to spare over Cat Thief in the nine furlong Grade One event with Behrens a further four and a quarter lengths away third.
