Historical clue formulations

• Derby, e.g. — 2025-09-27
• Who's ahead and who's not in campaign coverage, so to speak — 2025-08-01
• It starts right out of the gate — 2020-08-08
• It goes from post to post — 2012-08-11
• *Something with gates and gaits — 2006-11-22
• Futurity — 1996-09-29