Sentence examples for as a likely runner from inspiring English sources

Trainer Paul Nicholls will be happy to see the race go ahead on decent going as he already announced as a likely runner his Valley Henry, who was fourth in the Gold Cup last year.

Best of all, the connections of California Chrome now seem to have a taste for travelling and the colt has been confirmed as a likely runner at Royal Ascot in June with a possible prep run in the Lockinge Stakes at Newbury in May as well.

The mountain resort of Pyeongchang, about 100 miles east of Seoul, South Korea, is seen as a likely front-runner to host the 2018 Winter Games when members of the International Olympic Committee vote on the site next July.

McManus has six entered for the National on 11 April and it seems that five are regarded as likely runners if all goes well.

Ryan Moore switched to the 7-2 chance in the absence of Aidan O'Brien-trained stable companion Johannes Vermeer and was anchored behind the four-runner field as A Likely Story blazed a trail in front.

Khalilzad said that he regarded Allawi, Jaafari, and Mahdi, the Shiite Vice-President, as the front-runners in the election, with Ahmad Chalabi as a likely compromise candidate.

This Westminster venue has been mooted as the likely front runner to play host to our homeless elected representatives and lordships.

Mark Lewis-Francis is only likely to be winging it to South Korea as a relay runner.

Congressional leaders backed the president but warned -- as did Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz)., a likely 2008 GOP front-runner -- of the dangerous stakes.

By any measure, the announcement of the departure of these two Republican strategists marks another huge complication for a candidate who just a year ago was viewed as the likely front-runner for the presidential nomination.

As a marathon runner might.