In Sharper Focus: Bump Bailey

[Wandering Eyes]

Bump Bailey (c, 3, Fed Biz–One Hot Senorita, by Sharp Humor) certainly looked like a ‘Natural,’ airing in his debut in the Santa Anita slop Thursday afternoon.

The Rockingham Ranch colorbearer, trained by Peter Miller, broke like a shot and was pressed through an opening quarter in :21.44. He began to let it out a notch on the far turn and never gave them a chance in the stretch, splashing home a geared-down, 3 1/2-length winner.

Bump Bailey earned an eye-catching 91 Beyer Speed Figure for the effort.

“He’s a nice colt that we’ve taken our time developing,” Rockingham Ranch’s Brian Trump said. “Peter Miller has done a tremendous job gearing this horse up for his debut and we are excited for what the future will bring him.”

Bump Bailey was acquired for $190,000 from last year’s now- defunct Barretts April 2-Year-Old Sale out of the Excel Bloodstock consignment after breezing an eighth in :10 1/5. He was also a $90,000 KEENOV weanling and a $175,000 KEESEP yearling.

Bump Bailey, bred in Kentucky by Lynn Jones, is the 18th winner for young sire Fed Biz. His unraced dam One Hot Senorita–a half-sister to the talented sprinter Nicole H (Mr. Greeley), GSW & GISP, $811,144-is also responsible for a Paynter colt of 2017 and a Fed Biz filly of 2018. She was bred to the latter for the 2019 season.

As for the promising sophomore’s name? A tip of the cap goes to owner Gary Hartunian for that one.

“As you know, we have named many horses in the past after characters in some of our favorite baseball movies, including Nuke Laloosh [Bull Durham] and Pedro Cerrano [Major League],” Trump said. “Gary’s favorite baseball movie of all time is The Natural, so quite fittingly, we had to pay homage by naming one of our horses after one of the characters [Bump Bailey was played by actor Michael Madsen].”

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