Heated Argument brings top Beyer to Rainbow Miss

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. – Breeding season keeps veterinarian Linda Robbins hopping, but she will steal away to Oaklawn Park on Friday to watch her homebred Heated Argument run in the $150,000 Rainbow Miss.

“It’s our oaks,” Robbins said. “It’s the Arkie Oaks!”

The Rainbow Miss is for 3-year-old fillies bred in Arkansas. The six-furlong race will share a card with its counterpart for 3-year-old colts and geldings, the $150,000 Rainbow.

Heated Argument is part of a field of 11 that includes fellow sharp maiden winners Hillary G, Dolly Dimple, Big On Broadway, and Kaboom Baby. Heated Argument was a debut winner Feb. 6 at Oaklawn for trainer Jaime Gonzalez, darting home by 3 1/4 lengths. The Beyer Speed Figure of 70 that she earned is the best career number in the Rainbow Miss.

“We have always liked her,” Robbins said. “We never pushed her, so we didn’t know what she would do. In the mornings, we didn’t really push her – she didn’t have brilliantly fast works. It was a nice win.”

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Heated Argument is a half-sister to Ministry, who won the 2017 running of the Rainbow Miss for Robbins. The horses are in the name of her Starfish Stable, a 140-acre farm in Hot Springs where Robbins stands four stallions, including Hamazing Destiny, the state’s leading sire in 2020 by registered Arkansas-bred earnings, according to the Arkansas Thoroughbred Breeders’ and Horsemen’s Association. Hamazing Destiny has a top local runner in stakes winner Tempt Fate, who was foaled at Starfish Stable.

Heated Argument is by Tapiture. She enters the Rainbow Miss off a close fifth-place finish against older horses in an allowance at Oaklawn. She will break from post 3 under Francisco Arrieta.

“We always prefer to be in the second tier, let them settle and run at the end,” Robbins said. “We’ve got a mature, strategic-thinking jockey that will do the best he can with whatever he’s given.

“This is a really smart filly. She just knows what to do. It’s like that first race. She just figured that all out, which was amazing to me. It doesn’t happen all that often.”

As for Ministry, Robbins said she foaled a colt by Alternation in February and has been bred back to Hamazing Destiny.

Dolly Dimple is a half-sister to Sekani, who won the Rainbow Miss in 2020.

Green seeks first stakes win

Trainer Aidan Green has been winning races at a 27 percent clip this meet at Oaklawn and will have her first stakes starter when Blame J D runs in the Rainbow.

He’s part of a field of nine that includes Dusty Hill, a more than 12-length maiden winner Feb. 25 at Oaklawn; Navy Seal, a half-brother to 2015 Rainbow winner Weast Hill; Mrs. Beans, a son of 2011 Rainbow Miss winner All About Allie; and Aspen Club, a Randy Morse homebred by Street Strategy.

Blame J D, who is by Blame, was a wire-to-wire winner of a maiden special weight for Arkansas-breds here March 7. He will break from post 8 under Ramon Vazquez.

“I love the post,” Green said. “I think he should be able to make the lead or be right up there with them. I’m happy with where we’re at, happy with our spot in there.”

Blame J D comes off a fourth-place finish in an allowance March 28 at Oaklawn.

“Last time we were in against older horses,” Green said. “We knew he was a little overmatched in there. It was the first time he got little dirt in his face, and he seemed to handle it pretty good. I’m excited to see what he does in here.”

Green trains Blame J D for his breeder, James Matheney Jr.

Through Wednesday, Green had won seven races from 26 starts this meet at Oaklawn. Following the meet, the Hot Springs resident said she expects to race at Lone Star Park and could have some starters in Louisiana and Kentucky.