| ANKLE | Part that's taped before a horse race |
| STARTINGPRICES | Final odds before a horse race |
| STARTINGPRICE | Final odds offered before a horse race (8,5) |
| CART | Object which, apparently, should not be placed before a horse (4) |
| CHASE | Word for a game preserve, a hunt or the quarry pursued; a horse race with obstacles; or, a group of cyclists in a peloton trying to catch those in the breakaway (5) |
| BREAK | Start of a horse race; a miniholiday; elevenses; or, a dry spell in a monsoon as opposed to a "burst" (5) |
| POLE | A stake formerly marking a favourable starting position in a horse race, hence the most advantageous position at the start of a motor race (4) |
| PREP | British slang for a boarder's banco, homework or toytime; groundwork generally; a private primary school; or, a horse race prior to a major one (4) |
| POST | A stake or upright marking the start or finish of a horse race; or, a collection or delivery of mail (4) |
| UNICORN | It could win a horse race by a horn |
| SHORTHEAD | A narrow win in a horse race (5,4) |
| AMORETTO | A horse race getting round to a liqueur (8) |
| SELLINGPLATE | What a silversmith is doing in a horse race? |
| DERBY | Maybe bred with a pony tail for a horse race (5) |
| HOMESTRETCH | Part of a horse race |
| BYANOSE | A horse race won ____ is close to a dead heat |
| PHOTOFINISH | Result of a horse race that has to be decided by a snapshot (5-6) |
| PURSE | Aggregate prize money in boxing; a sum of money distributed to the top or highest finishers in a horse race (5) |
| STARTINGGATE | A movable barrier placed on the line at the beginning of a horse race (8,4) |
| ODDS | 7:5, e.g., at a horse race |
