front-runner
favourite
favorite
top dog
underdog
in the game
contender
qualifier
squeeze out
comer
come first
champ
champion
title-holder
mop up
lead
second best
chequered flag
runner-up
stakeswinner
championship
upsetter
best
vice-champion
prizewinning
outthink
stakeswin
placing
race
daily double
world-beater
king
queen
in the lead
upset
competition
go in for
victor
run
bingo
long shot
winner
outsider
draw away
revenge
prize-taking
stakeswinning
come from behind
superfinalist
intercompetitor
competitive
pro-am
place
contendingly
snatch defeat from the jaws of victory
first blood
competingly
postward
wipe the floor with someone
blow up the tote
walloper
side
pip to the post
skein
contest
banter
athletic contest
podium position
deponently
inside track
pole position
athletic competition
athletics
rolleo
reign
ahead of the curve
in the running
each way
superfight
first-place finish
champeen
kingmaker
semi-finalist
gala
ahead
cross the line
third-place finish
leading
cliffhanger
intertrack

English words for 'a competitor thought likely to win'

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