[img]http://images.google.com/images?q=tbn:6XMWBw04O_oC:http://www.failuremag.com/images/zippy_chippy.jp.[/img]Japan's Version of Zippy Chippy Has Become a National Hero
bloodhorse.com >> Racing --- 11/4/03 7:09:27 PM
The Nov. 10 issue of Newsweek magazine reports that Japan's latest equine hero is Haruurara, who has lost all 97 of her career starts. But, unlike America's perennial loser, Zippy Chippy, the story of Haruurara has grown to legendary proportions.... became a cult hero, as the Japanese people, in the midst of a slow economy, began to relate to Haruurara's shortcomings.
She has now become Japan's No. 1 lucky charm. Workers all over the country bet on her, then keep the losing tickets in the hope the tickets will ward off any bad luck and prevent them from getting laid off.... the Kochi horse racing union sold out 500 of Haruurara's lucky horsetail charms in three hours...