R. A. Hill Stable, Reeves Thoroughbred Racing, Hugh Lynch and Corms Racing Stable's Tax had been touting himself in his morning workouts for the past month, including a recent 47.09-second half-mile as the bullet Saratoga work from 71 at the distance last Saturday. This weekend, the 3-year-old gelding delivered on that promise to win the Grade 2 Jim Dandy Stakes by three-quarters of a length over 8-5 favorite Tacitus. Trained by Danny Gargan and ridden by Irad Ortiz, Tax ran

By Margaret Ransom For Thoroughbred owner Dean Reeves and his wife Patti, this year’s trip to Louisville for the Kentucky Derby with Tax, who they own in partnership with good friends Randy Hill (R.A. Hill Stable), Hugh Lynch and Lucas Stritsman (Corms Racing Stable) seems like a bit of déjà vu all over again. Six years ago, the Georgia residents traveled to Louisville with another top runner with legitimate Derby credentials in Mucho Macho Man, who would run third behind A

Claimed for $50,000, TAX Earns Birth in the Kentucky Derby as Career Earnings Pass $300,000 TAX (KY) ( ARCH - TOLL BY GIANT'S CAUSEWAY ) claimed for $50,000 stamped his ticket to the Kentucky Derby with a powerful second place finish to Tacitus in Saturday's G2 Wood Memorial, earning 40 additional points on the Road to the Kentucky Derby. Breaking quickly for the lead from post position 1, jockey Junior Alvarado let TAX settle in well behind pacesetters Joevia and Not That Br