The chances of racing (4)
I believe the answer is:
odds
'the chances' is the definition.
(the odds of something happening)
'of racing' is the wordplay.
'of' becomes 'o''.
'racing' becomes 'dds' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'o'+'dds'='ODDS'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for odds that I've seen before include "The chances of something happening" , "inequality" , "Chance" , "Betting price" , "Betting ratio" .)