Ask for an opinion from head barman backing what horse will do on the racecourse (6)
I believe the answer is:
gallop
'do on the racecourse' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with motion as well as being verbs in their base form.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I don't see?
'ask for an opinion from head barman backing what horse will' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'ask' could be 'o' and 'o' is found in the answer.
'an' could be 'a' and 'a' is located in the answer.
'will' could be 'll' and 'll' is present in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for gallop that I've seen before include "Fast ride" , "go quickly" , "Log pal in at this pace" , "Horse-exercising track" , "Go at great speed" .)