Rudes v. Magna Stables Co.

—Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Joseph Giamboi, J.), entered June 30, 1999, which denied defendants’ motion to vacate a default judgment, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

*64Defendants’ showing of possible defenses does not relieve them of the burden of showing a reasonable excuse for their failure to appear for trial of an action reached and called for trial (see, CPLR 3215 [a]; 22 NYCRR 202.27 [a]; Goncalves v Stuyvesant Dev. Assocs., 232 AD2d 275). As another Justice said in denying a prior motion by defendants for identical relief, “no cognizable reason for the failure to appear for…