7th-FG, $41K, OC ($50k)/N1X, 3yo, 1m, 5:23 p.m. ET
ROYAL OBSESSION (Tapit), a $1.15-million acquisition by Stonestreet Stables out of the Regis Farms dispersal at last year's Keeneland November sale, looks to confirm the visual impressiveness of her unveiling here. The Steve Asmussen pupil, who was also a $550,000 KEENOV weanling and $1-million Fasig-Tipton Saratoga yearling, overcame a slow start and plenty of ground loss to don cap and gown at Churchill going 7 1/2 panels over wet/fast ground Nov. 29. Lemon Drop Belle (Lemon Drop Kid) was also a first-out victor, overcoming 28-1 odds for trainer Michaela Neubauer going seven panels at Woodbine Nov. 28. Subsequently transferred to Dallas Stewart, the Chuck Fipke homebred is out of MGSW and millionaire Bourbon Belle (Storm Boot), who produced Canadian champion 3-year-old and Queen's Plate S. winner Not Bourbon (Not Impossible {Ire}). TJCIS PPs
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