Group of horses leading lady for hack (8)
I believe the answer is:
stringer
'hack' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I don't see?
'group of horses leading lady' is the wordplay.
'group of horses' becomes 'string' (I've seen this before).
'leading lady' becomes 'er' (Elizabeth Regina).
'string'+'er'='STRINGER'
'for' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for stringer that I've seen before include "one making a racket?" , "one helping to make a racket?" , "Journalist not on regular staff" .)