| STEEPLECHASER | A racehorse (13) |
| PUTOUTTOGRASS | Forced to retire (esp a racehorse) (3,3,2,5) |
| PUTOFFTOGRASS | Forced to retire (esp a racehorse) (3,3,2,5) |
| MAIDEN | Sharing its ancient root with Gaelic for "boy, servant, son", a word for a youngster of either sex originally, later a girl or unmarried woman; a clothes-horse; a racehorse without a victory; a washin |
| COCKTAIL | Old word for a horse with a docked cauda or for a racehorse with mixed lineage; now a mixed drink; a fruit medley; or, any melange (8) |
| NOBBLER | One who tampers with a racehorse or a greyhound to thwart either beast's chances of winning; a thimblerigger's accomplice; a briber, filcher, grabber, kidnapper, pilferer or swindler; or, a dram of sp |
| MURDER | Backing a racehorse is a very difficult task |
| ARKLE | Like Foinaven, a racehorse and a Sutherland mountain |
| MUDDER | Word for a racehorse that runs well on a claggy sloppy wet track; or, an athlete who is equally undeterred by such boggy waterlogged conditions (6) |
| CRAGGY | Seems rugged, but will shed a tear about a racehorse |
| BREEZE | Light zephyr causing a 'cat's paw' on the surface of water; or, a racehorse's moderate workout (6) |
| SEABISCUIT | Laura Hillenbrand bestseller about a racehorse |
| SADDLED | Like a racehorse, at times |
| BET | One riding on a racehorse |
| ATSTUD | Retired, as a racehorse |
| BETSON | Selects, as a racehorse, maybe |
| ARIDER | What a racehorse needs |
| ESTRAPADE | Violently separated from a racehorse? (9) |
| PLATER | One putting silver on a racehorse? |
| SIRES | Fathers, as a racehorse |
