Related Clues:

• Dud of an idea
• Really lousy idea
• Main course, for example, that can't compete
• Hopeless idea
• Someone who is never going to succeed
• The main course that has no chance of success
• Horse not appearing, note, in just the main course?
• One didn't run anything after the initial course
• No French soup? Waiter to take action
• One of those not in the race, or entrants running
• Withdrawn type is unlikely to be successful
• Something with no chance of success
• Hopeless idea, to have one round only for lunchtime soup
• Horse unable to run could be such a pudding, say?
• Horse not showing up for second or third course?