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A reference to Chips Ahoy!, where Sapphire predicts the outcome of a horse race. Here Finn shows the song's protagonist (likely Charlemagne) taming Sapphire's natural and energetic impulses and teaching her proper technique sexually, much as one would "break" a spirited young filly (jeez, the language almost does it for you) and teach her her paces.

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