HOT SPRINGS, Ark. – Stars and Stripes on Sunday will attempt to be the second Bill Mott trainee to win at Oaklawn Park after running in a Jan. 16 allowance at Gulfstream Park. The first was Batten Down, who after his third-place finish in the 1 1/16-mile route won by Solo Venturi returned to win the $135,000 Pig Trail on March 1 at Oaklawn. The overnight stakes was run over 1 1/2 miles, and Batten Down earned a Beyer Speed Figure of 99. Batten Down’s stablemate Stars and Stripes finished second in the allowance route at Gulfstream and should go favored in a competitive eighth race Sunday at Oaklawn. The second-level allowance is for 4-year-olds and up and will be run over 1 1/8 miles. The field includes the stakes-placed runners Keen Cat and Imperial Gun, as well as the consistent Gun Runner Charlie. Stars and Stripes owns the group’s best last-race Beyer Speed Figure, a 93. :: Live racing action at Oaklawn Park! DRF Past Performances and Picks are available now. “He ran a credible race last time down here,” said Mott, who trains Stars and Stripes for Frassetto Stables. Stars and Stripes is returning to a distance over which he is 2 for 2. Luis Saez has the mount from post 8. “He generally comes from a bit off the pace,” Mott said. Batten Down and Stars and Stripes are among a handful of runners Mott has sent to Oaklawn from his base of South Florida. Bendoog was a close second to Grade 1 winner Saudi Crown in a ratings handicap on Thursday, while the barn has the Grade 1-placed Beauty Reigns in next Thursday’s allowance feature at Oaklawn. “They’ll all probably come back after they run,” Mott said earlier this week from South Florida. He said next-race plans for Batten Down are to be determined. He was an 8 1/4-length winner of the three-turn Pig Trail for Juddmonte. Batten Down is a son of Tapit and the champion Close Hatches. “I thought he looked good,” Mott said. “It looked like he gave us new angle. He goes a mile and a half. That’s a good thing.” Stars and Stripes could get a decent setup Sunday. The son of Not This Time, who is a half-brother to Waves of Mischief, a Grade 3 winner of more than $600,000, could settle in behind Gun Runner Charlie, Dive Bomber, and Classify. Gun Runner Charlie enters Sunday’s race off a win over first-level allowance rivals at a mile at Oaklawn. It was his third win in his last six starts and during that time he’s also won at Del Mar and Turf Paradise. Ramon Vazquez has the mount from post 4 for trainer Peter Miller. Gun Runner Charlie has natural speed and could get a tracking trip off Dive Bomber and Classify, both of whom are stretching out to two turns after sprinting on a regular basis. Classify won at two turns in August at Canterbury. Serafin Carmona, who is named to ride Classify, will be off his mounts after sustaining injuries in the ninth race Thursday. Carmona fractured his C4 vertebra and on Friday morning remained sedated to avoid further swelling on his brain, according to his agent, Penny Ffitch-Heyes. She said Carmona has been reacting to voices. He is to remain in a local hospital through at least the weekend, Ffitch-Heyes said. :: Want to learn more about handicapping and wagering? Check out DRF's Handicapping 101 and Wagering 101 pages.