| PIGGOTT | Lester ---, English flat jockey who won nine Epsom Derbies (7) |
| GORDON | Forename of the first and only Flat jockey to have been knighted (6) |
| ALLUDED | Referred to in the advert: English flat coming back (7) |
| THEOAKS | One of the classics of English flat racing (3,4) |
| CAUTHEN | Steve ......., American jockey who won the Epsom Derby on two occasions (7) |
| DETTORI | Frankie, horserace jockey who won the 1996 Japan Cup on Singspiel (7) |
| PESLIER | Olivier ___, jockey who won the 1998 Derby on High-Rise (7) |
| STEVENS | Gary ....... , jockey who won the Kentucky Derby on three occasions (7) |
| THORNER | Graham ....... , jockey who won the 1972 Grand National on Well To Do (7) |
| VIZQUEL | Shortstop Omar who won nine straight Gold Glove Awards |
| TSONGAS | Congressman Paul who won nine states in the 1992 Democratic presidential primaries |
| MARTINA | Navratilova, who won nine Wimbledon singles titles |
| EVERTON | Team Liverpool FC plays in its derbies (7) |
| LACEUPS | Fastened with strings under vamps, balmorals, brogues, Chelsea boots, Derbies, Oxfords or other tie-ons in which one hoofs it, perambulates, promenades or stamps (4-3) |
| LESTERPIGGOTT | English jockey with nine Epsom Derby wins between 1954 and 1983 (6,7) |
| LESTER | English jockey who had a record nine Epsom Derby victories, _ Piggott (6) |
| ARDHER | English flat race jockey known as The Tin Man; five-time Epsom Derby winner between 1877 and 1886 (6) |
| FRED | English flat race jockey known as The Tin Man; five-time Epsom Derby winner between 1877 and 1886 (4) |
| OAKS | English flat-racing classic run at Epsom since 1779 (4) |
| TALEOFATUB | A satire about English flat development |