The Defense Rests worked a solid four furlongs in 50:44 on Thursday at Belmont over the training track. The work was 40th of 72 at the distance. The track was not that fast, so this was a nice move forward. He continues to look good as we start to ramp up the pressure with him. Mike reports that the gate has been closed for several days due to the holiday, so he has fallen a bit behind in his gate schooling. He will continue to train daily, and will resume gate schooling when possible. Overall, Mike has been very pleased with his progress thus far."