Tax

After finishing second in a maiden-claiming race in September 2018 in his career debut, Tax won his second start at Keeneland in October by two lengths. In that race, he was claimed for $50,000 by trainer Danny Gargan on behalf on new owners Hugh Lynch and Corms Racing Stable. In his debut for Gargan, Tax finished third by 2 ½ lengths in the Grade 2 Remsen Stakes in December at Aqueduct.

Several additional owners purchased an interest in Tax before his 3-year-old debut in the Grade 3 Withers Stakes at Aqueduct and he delivered a top-notch performance. Tax rallied through an opening on the inside in the stretch and edged Not That Brady by a head with Our Braintrust a close third.

The Withers victory earned Tax 10 points on the Road to the Kentucky Derby in addition to the two he earned in the Remsen.

Tax made his final bid for Derby points in the April 6 Wood Memorial Stakes Presented by NYRA Bets at Aqueduct, and gamely battled Tampa Bay Derby winner Tacitus through deep stretch before setting for second, which gave him 40 more qualifying points for the May 4 Derby.

Out of the winning Giant’s Causeway mare Toll, Tax’s grandam (maternal grandmother) is Grade 2 winner Yell. This is the family of 1993 Kentucky Derby winner Sea Hero; European champion Mozart; multiple Grade 1 winners Elate and Hero’s Honor; Grade 1 winner Eastern Echo; multiple graded stakes winners and sires Congrats and Roar; and several other notable graded stakes winners.