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Zippy Chippy: The Losingest Horse in America Won a Nation's Heart Anyway

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He never crossed a finish line first, not once in a career that ran through the tracks of the Northeast — and it made him one of the most beloved horses in America. Zippy Chippy's fans didn't come for a photo finish. They came for the horse himself, and stayed.

With reporting from America's Best Racing.

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