Horse With No Wins by Jack the Sailor


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The Song Challenge: Shoot For The Moon - If You Miss, You'll Still Land Among The Stars -- A horse who has lost 89 consecutive races has finally won one, against a human. Zippy Chippy holds the North American record for the number of races lost by a thoroughbred. But he finally ended his losing streak by taking on a two-legged challenger. The 10-year-old gelding beat a minor league baseball player in a handicap match race billed as Man versus Beast II. It was held before the International League game between the Rochester Red Wings and Ottawa Lynx in Rochester, New York state. He saw off Red Wings outfielder Darnell McDonald by a length in a 50-yard race. "I might have got him at 40 yards, but that extra 10 yards put him over the hump," said McDonald, who added he had never lost a race to a human. Last year Rochester outfielder Jose Herrera outran Zippy Chippy in a 40-yard race. "Zippy was ready today," jockey Jorge Hiraldo said. "Last year he was a little scared."

Horse With No Wins by Jack the Sailor

Well I've always been a Jockey
Around horses all my life
There were Nags, glue bags, ponys and bets
There were really expensive pets

The worse one I met Zippy Chirpy
That horse could never win
the hooves were big and the legs were slow
That nag couldn't beat a drum

I've been in a sweepstake on a horse with no wins
A horse no one would claim
Don't even bother to put down a fin
Cause the race is over before it begins
la la la la lalala la la la la la

After nine years without a win
They put a person against the horse
And the outcome was such a sin
Race wasn't too hard just forty yards
But the human won the heat of course

I've been in a sweepstake on a horse with no wins
A horse no one would claim
Don't even bother to put down a fin
Cause the race is over before it begins
la la la la lalala la la la la la

After ten years we gave another try
'cause the horse it was starting to cry
There were baseball players and long shot prayers
There were people betting on a snail
A person has a fair race if it don't go to far
The handicappers had it pegged
A slow horse can win at fifty yards
Because the human has only got two legs.

I've been in a sweepstake on a horse with no wins
A horse no one would claim
Don't even bother to put down a fin
Cause the race is over before it begins
la la la la lalala la la la la la