"The Defense Rests came out of Friday's breeze in good order. Mike Hushion said the feet look good. He plans to give The Defense Rests a strong five furlong breeze Friday or Saturday, and he said that if that goes well we will be ready to run. The first MSW going short for straight three-year-olds at Aqueduct is on April 16th. Mike would like to find something sooner, but the only other maiden race before then is for three-year-olds and older. He would prefer not to face older at this point, so we'll likely be in the starting gate a couple weeks after the breeze unless something comes up sooner."