FRANKLIN, Ky. – A second-level allowance at all-turf Kentucky Downs isn’t supposed to be nearly as tough as a second-level turf allowance at Saratoga. Right?“You wouldn’t think so,” said trainer Rusty Arnold. “That’s why we’re headed that way, to find out.”Arnold will be sending out El Crespo as a solid favorite in the Monday feature at Kentucky Downs, a $29,000 allowance that anchors a nine-race program. Arnold long has believed that El Crespo is capable of good things, but for one reason or another, that hasn’t quite come to fruition, with the 4-year-old A.P. Indy colt having won just 2 of 18 career starts. In his latest outing July 31, El Crespo ran seventh in his only start of the Saratoga meet.“I thought he was doing very well coming into it, but I didn’t quite get the race I was looking for,” Arnold said early Saturday from Keeneland, where he oversees one string while his top assistant, Jack Bohannan, oversees his other string at Churchill Downs. “So I sent him right home for a little break.”A field of eight is entered in the one-mile feature. Eddie Martin Jr., in from the recently ended meet at Canterbury Park, will have the mount on El Crespo, who breaks from post 2 as clearly the horse to beat.Arnold said he thought El Crespo “needed a confidence booster” and he therefore went out of his way to get him a race at Kentucky Downs.“If we can’t get it there, we’re headed in the wrong direction,” said Arnold. “If I get the answer I’m looking for, he’ll move on to Keeneland and Churchill.”Two other allowances (races 6 and 8) also are on tap Monday, when first post is 1:30 p.m. Central. ◗ Kentucky Downs president Corey Johnsen will be among the hosts of a fundraising reception for the Kentucky House Democratic Caucus in the clubhouse Monday. The event starts at 5 p.m. A number of legislative leaders who favor alternative gaming at Kentucky tracks will be in attendance.