Sentence examples for solid favourite from inspiring English sources

The chance of being the title's first female winner makes Bigelow a solid favourite, but the chance of being its first black winner leaves Lee Daniels a relatively unfancied outsider.

She looks a solid favourite but there just remains a nagging sense that the Guineas slightly fell into her lap, the protagonists floundering in the headwind as Blue Bunting came scuttling up the rail.

She has attracted some money this morning, but Aidan O'Brien's runner Claudio Monteverdi (2.30) is a solid favourite and the son of Galileo will be an interesting marker ahead of the major Classic trials to come.

Mecca's Angel is clear on the ratings for the Prix de l'Abbaye but it is possible that Just Glamorous (4.35) will be able to repeat his win in a trial here three weeks ago to give Ron Harris a Group One winner, while Limato (5.15) is a very solid favourite for the last race on the card, the Prix de la Foret.

Why now?" The Turkish municipality of Bursa went for the all-time solid favourite: "Bursa – The Place To Be".

Team Europe has runners in four of the nine races today, including two solid favourites in Dank (Filly & Mare Turf, the second of the Cup races) and The Fugue, who goes in the Turf at 18.22ET 22.22GMTT).

His place in history is assured by solid favourites such as Carrie, The Untouchables, Carlito's Way, Casualties of War and, above all, Scarface - that violent, macho Al Pacino-led gangster rise-and-fall that has become a key influence on popular culture and won De Palma fans as diverse as P Diddy and Saddam Hussein.

George was the rock-solid favourite for boys' names for a while, backed all the way down to 2/1.

I won't say it's a firm favourite of my daughter's, but it provided me with a solid foundation, a simple, straightforward script – and it did seem to help when the poor old dog disappeared.

The solid 9-2 forourithefor the Newbury race is another Nicky Henderson inmate, Friday's easy Huntingdon winner My Tent Or Yours, with Cause Of Causes vying for second spot at 12-1.

They looked important and sounded like a whole heap of fun; titles such as Whistling Rufus and Hiawatha Rag were solid family favourites.