I have to follow a strange cart race before appealing (10)
I believe the answer is:
attractive
'appealing' is the definition.
(similar in meaning)
'i have to follow a strange cart race before' is the wordplay.
'i have' becomes 'I've' (contraction of 'I have').
'to follow' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'strange' is an anagram indicator.
'race' becomes 'tt'.
'before' says to put letters next to each other.
'cart' is an anagram of 'ract'.
'ract' after 'tt' is 'ttract'.
'a'+'ttract'='attract'
'ive' after 'attract' is 'ATTRACTIVE'.
(Other definitions for attractive that I've seen before include "Magnetic" , "Delightful" , "Comely" , "Alluring" , "arousing interest" .)