| EVENT | Horse-riding competition just ahead of time (5) |
| INDIA | Hotel is just ahead of me! (5) |
| ONEUP | Just ahead of you, say, in exciting Open (3-2) |
| RODEO | Cowboy riding competition (5) |
| THREEDAYEVENT | Horse-riding competition (5-3,5) |
| DEC | Time just ahead of us: abbr. |
| EVENTING | Flat sound of a small bell at horse-riding competition |
| EVEN | Flat horse-riding competition after time passes (4) |
| PIPPIN | Apple's best, just ahead of beer, mostly |
| HOLEUP | Go to ground, just ahead of course! (4,2) |
| DRESSAGE | Doctor's wise to conserve energy for horse-riding competition (8) |
| EVIDENT | It's obvious I'd entered a horse-riding competition (7) |
| PHILMAHRE | Skier who won the slalom gold medal at the 1984 Olympics, just ahead of his twin brother, Steve |
| EVENTS | Unusually tense about five horse-riding competitions (6) |
| EVENTER | An equestrian who takes part in horse-riding competitions such as dressage (7) |
| INSIGHT | I start to see in the dark, just ahead (2,5) |
| POINTUP | Stress just ahead in court engagement? (5,2) |
| ROUNDUP | Gather together, as just ahead in boxing match? (5-2) |
| STRAIGHTFORWARD | Easy street just ahead, having employed ace earlier (15) |
| WORLDCUP | Fields, perhaps, in which Lord's organised riding competition |
