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HORSE RACING TERM

Front-Runner

A front-runner (or "need-to-lead" horse) breaks fast and wants to set the pace. When it's the only speed in the race, it can get an easy uncontested lead and "wire" the field — one of racing's biggest edges. When several front-runners collide, they burn each other out and set the race up for a closer.

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