HOT SPRINGS, Ark. – Henro might have to run down Red State to win the featured eighth race Sunday at Oaklawn Park. At least that’s one take on the allowance sprint for 4-year-olds and up that carries a claiming option of $62,500. The six-furlong race has a purse of $127,000. Henro is a serious closing sprinter who has registered three of his five career wins at Oaklawn. He could get a decent setup behind Osbourne, a speed horse who breaks from the rail, and Devil’s Tower, who figures to show pace from post 3. Red State is another potential contributor to the pace – and he might even prove to be the speed of speed. It seems like an implausible scenario looking at his last running line, when he trailed his rivals for most of an allowance sprint before finishing fourth in the March 13 race at Fair Grounds. But the allowance was not your average race. Built dueled through a half-mile in a scorching 43.97 seconds before going on to cover six furlongs in 1:07.96. The time was a new track record, according to the official chart of the race, and Built earned a Beyer Speed Figure of 106. It was the second time Red State had been in a six-furlong race that went in sub 1:08. He hooked Nash three starts ago, finishing a distant sixth to that one when he captured a Churchill Downs allowance in 1:07.79. :: Live racing action at Oaklawn Park! DRF Past Performances and Picks are available now. But prior to those starts, Red State regularly set or contested the pace in his races. Last season at Oaklawn, he won a pair of 5 1/2-furlong allowances on the front end, one in 1:02.93 and the other in 1:03.40. Red State has worked a bullet half-mile in 47 seconds at Oaklawn since his most recent out. Trainer Mike Maker has given the mount to Ramon Vazquez, a talented speed rider. Red State and Vazquez will start from post 2. Henro also exits a quick race. He finished fifth in a ratings handicap March 1 at Oaklawn after Carbone wired the field in the six-furlong race in 1:08.79. One start prior, Henro was second by a neck in another ratings handicap, which went in 1:10.20. David Cabrera has the mount from post 6 for trainer Chris Hartman. Hartman is having a strong meet at Oaklawn. He ranked third in the standings through Thursday. Hartman has won 20 races from 121 starts for a 17 percent win rate. The barn’s runners have earned a collective $1.3 million. Steve Asmussen leads the trainer standings with 55 wins, and Mark Casse ranks second with 23. Asmussen will saddle Track Phantom in the Sunday feature. He is making a rare start at one turn, and the last time he sprinted he was third in an Oaklawn allowance in May. Earlier in his career, Track Phantom put up a career-high Beyer Speed Figure of 96 for a runner-up finish in a sprint at Keeneland. Erik Asmussen has the mount from post 4. :: Want to learn more about handicapping and wagering? Check out DRF's Handicapping 101 and Wagering 101 pages.