Possible Clues:

• Exceptional boy, very likely to win
• Original child likely to be favourite
• Like many a favourite relation, strange at first
• Do up medal with name more or less given?
• It's likely this is not even very new
• Like the horse favored to win
• Having likely-to-win chances
• Peculiar relative? That's very likely!
• Peculiar issue more likely than not
• Having a better than even chance