Bodemeister was hoping to rebound after his last two heartbreaking losses to I'll Have Another (Corey Zamora/Coady Photography)

Zayat Stables' Grade 1 Arkansas Derby star is the latest big defection from Monmouth's $1 million showpiece, which lost Belmont Stakes hero Union Rags due to injury earlier this week. While Union Rags will be out for the rest the season with his tendon issue, at least Bodemeister's setback is simply an ill-timed illness.

"Unfortunate timing for Bode to have a fever," Racing Manager Justin Zayat tweeted. "Treating with antibiotics, will return back to track this week."

Zayat added that stablemate Paynter, runner-up to Union Rags in the Belmont, is now "probable" for the Haskell.

Hansen is now likely to go to the Haskell (Churchill Downs/Reed Palmer Photography)

"We are now leaning toward the Haskell," co-owner Dr. Kendall Hansen told the Blood-Horse. "We're perhaps a 60 to 70 percent chance to run at Monmouth."

In the Haskell, Hansen would meet Dullahan, who ran him down late in the Grade 1 Blue Grass Stakes. Dullahan has since finished third in the Kentucky Derby and seventh in the Belmont.

Grade 1 Wood Memorial winner Gemologist, freshened since suffering his first loss when 16th in the Run for the Roses, was penciled in for the Grade 2 Jim Dandy at Saratoga July 28, until the Bodemeister news broke.

"This changes that," trainer Todd Pletcher told Daily Racing Form.

Gemologist is owned by WinStar Farm, which recently struck up a partnership with Zayat regarding Bodemeister and will stand the Empire Maker colt when he retires to stud. With Bodemeister out, the path is clear for Gemologist to be the sole representative of WinStar's interests.

Wood Memorial runner-up Alpha, also a Jim Dandy probable, is another who could be rerouted to the Haskell, according to DRF.