Zippy Chippy, the horse with the most defeats in the recorded history of US Thoroughbred racing, lost again - and there wasn't even a race.
Officials at Garden State Park in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, turned down a request by the owner of the nine-year-old gelding to enter his history-making horse in a race this morning (HK time).
Officials scratched the horse after confirming he was still on the list of ineligible horses at Finger Lakes Racetrack in Farmington, New York.
Officials at Finger Lakes banned Zippy Chippy on September 8, 1998, after he failed to leave the gate with the rest of the field for the third straight time. 'Until they remove him from that list, we are not supposed to let him race,' an official said.
The 1998 loss at Finger Lakes was Zippy Chippy's 85th straight - tying the record for the most consecutive losses.
Last September, Zippy Chippy set a record with his 86th loss when he came in third at a county fair in Northampton, Massachusetts.