HOT SPRINGS, Ark. – Trainer Shea Stuart’s stable has been geared to Arkansas-bred opportunities this meet at Oaklawn Park, and Cybertown, one of his two candidates for the track’s richest offering for statebreds, will be in action Thursday. Cybertown goes in the sixth race, a first-level allowance route that serves as his final stepping-stone for the $200,000 Arkansas Breeders’ Championship on May 2. Stuart’s other candidate for that stakes race is recent allowance winner Triple Up. Stuart said about 60 percent of his current stable is made up of Arkansas-breds. “It’s been a good five, six years we’ve kind of been set up here,” he said. “It would be huge to win something like that. It’s just the ultimate Arkie-bred race. To win that would be absolutely huge. “I really like Arkansas-breds. I live here. To have the Arkansas-breds to compete in those races, that’s what I’m striving for. That’s the biggest race, the most money. It’s the pinnacle.” :: Live racing action at Oaklawn Park! DRF Past Performances and Picks are available now. Cybertown, who was second in last year’s Arkansas Breeders’ Championship, will start as one of the top choices in Thursday’s feature, which offers a purse of $125,000. The race is for 3-year-olds and up bred in Arkansas and will be run over the same 1 1/16-mile distance as the Arkansas Breeders’ Championship. Cybertown, one of nine in the field, is already stakes-placed at the meet, having run second in the Nodouble Breeders’ over six furlongs Feb. 21. “He really ran a good race,” Stuart said. “He’s a very versatile horse. He can run anywhere from six [furlongs] to I think I ran him a mile and an eighth in a pretty tough starter and he ran fifth. That was a very tough race.” Cybertown moved back to two turns after the Nodouble and was second in an allowance March 15. He will start from post 7 on Thursday. Apprentice Amir Mendoza has the mount on Cybertown for Falcon Thoroughbreds. “He comes from behind, so he’s obviously going to have to get a decent trip around there,” Stuart said. “He likes to close, which I do like that. It’s exciting whenever they’re running them down at the end. But, hopefully, there will be a decent pace to run at. And, hopefully, we’ll see him just grinding away. That’s the plan, at least.” Rock Solo could go favored off a win over open company in a one-mile starter allowance March 20 at Oaklawn. Rafael Bejarano has the mount from post 5 for trainer Ron Moquett. Rock Solo has tactical speed and might get a decent trip just off possible pacesetter String Theory. String Theory is stretching out to two turns after setting the pace and finishing second in a $25,000 conditioned claiming race April 2. He will break from post 2. Erik Amussen has the mount for trainer Melton Wilson. Global Heat Wave was prominent last out when winning a maiden race at a mile and again figures to be up with the leaders. God’s Country meets winners off a 10 3/4-length maiden win at Oaklawn. :: Want to learn more about handicapping and wagering? Check out DRF's Handicapping 101 and Wagering 101 pages.