Related Clues:
- Runs (off)
- Goes fast
- Breeds found at Ascot
- Political contests
- Regattas, for instance
- Competitive trials of speed
- At the helm
- Some fundraisers
- 500 events
- They could be this puzzle's theme
- Competitions; ethnic groups
- Runners can have a day at them
- Having control
- Commanding measure, followed by fury, half reversed
- Having overall control