What does dark horse mean?
Dark horse means Having the character of a dark horse..
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Having the character of a dark horse..
“He's a highly intelligent boy but a bit of a different character,” says Alan Peiper, the Australian who directs the big American team Columbia-Highroad, for which Hansen is a darkhorse contender in the Tour Down Under.
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Dark horse means Having the character of a dark horse..
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“He's a highly intelligent boy but a bit of a different character,” says Alan Peiper, the Australian who directs the big American team Columbia-Highroad, for which Hansen is a darkhorse contender in the Tour Down Under.
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