Just a few days short of his 31st birthday, retired racehorse “Zippy Chippy” passed away peacefully Saturday at Old Friends at Cabin Creek in Greenfield Center.

Emily Schoeneman could see what her husband couldn’t. What she saw in Zippy Chippy, an ornery racehorse with donkey-like ears, a taste for Coors Light, pizza and Doritos, and with zero wins in ...

Zippy Chippy, a name synonymous with failure on the racetrack, died on April 15, five days shy of turning a full 31, while Cigar, a horse who epitomized the thrill of victory, would have turned 32 ...

Zippy Chippy, horse racing's lovable loser for never winning in 100 races, has died at the age of 31. The bay gelding was living at the Bobby Frankel Division of Old Friends Thoroughbred Farm at ...

Zippy Chippy, 21, the hapless horse who lost 100 consecutive races, has taken temporary residence at Old Friends, the Scott County farm for retired thoroughbreds.

Horse racing's most lovable loser has died at his home in Greenfield Center. Old Friends at Cabin Creek, a retirement home for thoroughbreds, says Zippy Chippy died over the weekend. He was nearly ...

After 100 races -- and zero victories -- Zippy Chippy called it quits. But his futility has made him a celebrity in horse racing circles. We first profiled Zippy in 1999. More recently, Bill ...

Hapless Zippy Chippy, who was foaled exactly 19 years ago today, April 20, could be destined to spend the rest of his life at Old Friends at Cabin Creek in upstate New York.

If Zippy Chippy wins Friday, he says it will be his personal Kentucky Derby title. "I would be the happiest man in the world," he said at the horse's temporary Northampton stable Thursday.

Zippy Chippy had startedthe race as a 2-1 betting favorite. Tired Down the Stretch “ He ran good and he got tired toward the end, ” jockey JuanRohena said of Zippy Chippy.

Zippy Chippy, the horse affectionately dubbed the "lovable loser" for never winning in 100 races, has died at the age of 31.

Zippy Chippy, the cantankerous yet lovable former racehorse who gained fame for what he couldn’t do rather than what he could, has died. His death was announced Saturday by Old Friends at ...