Sentences with phrase «horse race for the title»

The Gunners finished in the runner - up spot last term, after Tottenham finished third in a two - horse race for the title, and Gary Neville has tipped us to finish in the same spot once again this season.

Arsenal remain the outsiders in what has become a three horse race for the title but they're giving themselves every chance of lasting the course as I feel this team still has so much more to offer.

With the top four separated by two points, it's fair to assume we won't be watching a one - horse race for the title.

Not exact matches

A) Wenger concedes title race not in Arsenal hands now Exit rumours swirl around Arsenal duo after Swansea defeat Piers Morgan leads calls for Wenger sack after Swansea catastrophe Title now effectively a 3 horse between Chelsea, Liverpool and title race not in Arsenal hands now Exit rumours swirl around Arsenal duo after Swansea defeat Piers Morgan leads calls for Wenger sack after Swansea catastrophe Title now effectively a 3 horse between Chelsea, Liverpool and Title now effectively a 3 horse between Chelsea, Liverpool and Spurs

Last season, Spurs famously came third in a two - horse race for the Premier League title, when capitulating under the pressure of being Leicester's last remaining rivals, and it was our care - free winning form which led us to leapfrog our noisy neighbours.

If training a horse in France for the Kentucky Derby seemed more than unorthodox — it has never been done in the 118 - year history of the race — Paulson cheerily reminded inquiring doubters that no European 2 - year - old champion had ever won the American juvenile title either, so sit down and relax.

It had looked a two horse race for much of the season and it was Wigan who took the title with a comprehensive 3 - 0 win.

Gary Neville believes it is a two - horse race between the Manchester clubs for the Premier League title

And just as Arsenal were looking like dark horses for the title race, came the first blow of the season, at home to Chelsea.

BDMOTY was looking like a one - horse race (Andrew Garfield), but it looks like Eddie will be challenging for that title also.

I thought Mara would be one of this season's front - runners for playing the title role in the biblical drama Mary Magdalene, but the Weinstein Company pushed that film to Easter and now Mara's only horse in the race is Una, a stage adaptation in which she confronts the man who took sexual advantage of her as a child.

Since I'm not a romance author, and since what romance titles I've purchased for my own reading have been through either Kobo or B&N, I don't have an immediate horse in this race.

Kicking Horse Mountain resort is thrilled to announce the addition of a nocturnal vertical race, launching a dual format counting for a new national title.

It is characteristic, therefore, that he used a breeding term for the title: a «blood horse» is a thoroughbred, descended from the Arabian horses imported for racing in the eighteenth century.