Started at Kirkwood and now trained by James J. Toner, 2 year old filly Defiant Honor (Speighstown) broke her maiden last out. Stepping up into graded stakes company in her third start, she overcame debris on the turf course to run an excellent second in the G3 Jimmy Durante S at Del Mar. She is owned by the Phillips Racing Partnership and Pam Gartin and was bred by John W. Phillips, Hank Snowden & Lynn Snowden.
On the other coast, Realm (Haynesfield) moved up from a allowance win and ran third in the G1 Cigar Mile, to add a graded stakes placing to his credentials. He is owned by his trainer Barclay Tagg , Eric Dattner and Harry Astarita