Taxed to get freshening before targeting Matron

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. – Taxed, who finished a fast-closing third in the American Beauty on Feb. 1 at Oaklawn, is being freshened and could return to action in another filly and mare sprint stakes this meet, trainer Randy Morse said.

Taxed, who is a Grade 2 winner around two turns, was cutting back to one mile for the American Beauty. Morse said she would be considered for the $250,000 Matron, a six-furlong race for fillies and mares on March 29.

“She’s going to get a little rest for a while,” Morse said. “We might target that sprint, the Matron. Something like that.”

Earlier in the meet, Taxed placed in a pair of route stakes, running second in the Mistletoe and third in the Pippin.

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