Sports team's horse making name quietly
I believe the answer is:
equipe
'name quietly' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.
'sports team's horse' is the wordplay.
'sports' is an anagram indicator (I've seen 'sport' mean this).
'horse' becomes 'h' ('H' can be a synonym of 'horse').
'teams'+'h'='teamsh'
'teamsh' anagrammed gives 'THAMES'.
'making' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for equipe that I've seen before include "sports team" , "racing team" .)