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<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote> "Zippy's been bad. He's in the barn," says Carrie, 12-year-old niece of Felix Monserrate, owner and trainer of Zippy Chippy, the losingest thoroughbred in U.S. history. The nine-year-old brown gelding with an attitude has, uh, a remarkable track record, having run 88 races without a single victory. The issue isn't necessarily Zippy's speed; he was parented by Compliance and Listen Lady (and is a blood relative of Northern Dancer, who won the 1964 Kentucky Derby). Rather, Zippy's problem is mostly between the ears.
Over his 88 starts Zippy has had seven second-place finishes and 12 third-place efforts. Much to the chagrin of handicappers, trouble seems to follow Zippy around the track. He has been known to break at the start, pull up mid-race, and has even tried to bite other horses at the finish line. His propensity for flat-out refusing to leave the gate has led to him being banned from running at Finger Lakes - his hometown track in Farmington, NY - and just about everywhere else. "Every time I ask him, 'What is your problem?', he never tells me," chuckles Monserrate.</end quote></div>