Owners Of Kentucky Derby Champ Can't Explain Lack Of Sex Drive

The Japanese owners of former Kentucky Derby winner 'War Emblem' are struggling to explain why the American thoroughbred has lost his libido.

Even a private harem and a limitless supply of Viagra have failed to pep up the love life of the stallion.

"We've tried everything," Nobuo Tsunoda, director of the Shadai Stallion Station in Japan's north tells Reuters.

"You name it we've tried it. We had him on Viagra -- that didn't work. I even went into a red light district and brought back a lot of 'special' medicine to try and perk him up."

"It's very odd. He's not impotent. He's just very choosy about his women. He's more human than animal. Basically he's a bit of a weirdo."

War Emblem won the 2002 Kentucky Derby but has had problems in the breeding shed since being sold to the Japanese family for around $17 million later that year.

"He's been in contact with hundreds of mares but has successfully mated with a only a tiny percentage," said Tsunoda. "We have him on male hormone injections to see it that will help."

"It's not normal. A normal stud would climb onto any mare he sees but not him. He's just doesn't seem to like sex anymore -- which is odd."

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