He will be a mid-pack horse.

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Within a few years, the pack-horse trail had been widened into a proper road, stretching 368 miles from Valdez to Fairbanks, and the Richardson Highway was born.

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Their interest in some of the lesser-known candidates was piqued, but there was no dramatic twist that sent a dark horse sprinting out of the pack.

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Without this, a pack of snow would form underneath and the horse would slip.

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In the Kentucky Derby, Oxbow chased the pace and was the only horse near the front of the pack in the opening half mile to finish in the top six.

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