He could even turn out to be a dark horse for the presidency.
Dr McDonnell denies he was ever a dark horse, but there were times during this contest when it felt that way.
This month, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi touted Edwards as a dark horse contender for the No. 2 spot on the ticket.
Samsung and Apple will wage an epic battle for device supremacy but could a dark horse like Amazon spoil the duopoly?
The 43-year-old was also viewed as a dark horse to succeed Steve McClaren as England national coach before the appointment of Fabio Capello.
However, analysts say expectations are low that Noda, who was considered a dark horse contender as prime minister, will be the man to right Japan.
Many have tipped Croatian 10th seed Marin Cilic as a dark horse for the title and he enjoyed a straight-sets win against Spain's Daniel Gimeno-Traver.
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.
The third candidate, Michael Badnarik, a computer-programmer from Texas, entered the convention as a dark horse: unlike the other two hopefuls, he had not even rented a room for his campaign headquarters.
Sony is also promoting the film to Academy voters as a contender for Best Picture, and the film is probably a very valid dark horse contender for a nomination.
Isner beat Federer on clay in February as the U.S. defeated Switzerland in the previous round, and he is now looking to be a real dark horse as the buildup to the French Open begins.
Coming into the tournament, France was unbeaten in 21 games and picked by some as a potential dark-horse contender.
Coming in first place, by the way, in the bedandbreakfast.com pancake competition is a long-shot, dark-horse entry: a lemon-blueberry ricotta-cheese pancake with a sweet lemon sauce, garnished with fresh strawberries.
As a cabinet secretary (and as a potential, if dark horse, presidential nominee) Madame Secretary should refrain from slurring the Drudge Report, as recently she did, a slur Drudge, confidently, featured.
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Though its growth is a slow burn, the dark horse in race is Microsoft.
It is rumored that HBO has already partnered with Dark Horse Delux to produce a line of action figures based on the television series, which will soon premiere its third season.
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As Richardson notes, Dark Horse sought early to establish a presence in the video game world.
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Lara Croft really fit in the tradition of Dark Horse heroes, we do a lot of female action heroes.
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Though his hair is now cropped short two years ago, he donated it to Locks for Love in the photos, his dark locks flow down his back making him a horse-less Male Godiva wandering streets, parks and subway stations.
The game itself is getting its own graphic novel courtesy of Dark Horse comics which, if I can get my paws on a copy, will be reviewed on this blog as well.
For the next eight months, her family struggled to figure out what happened to their soccer loving, artistic, horse crazy daughter, whose gentle smile, long dark hair and shining eyes did not bely a struggling soul.
But the underperformance of so many of the world's soccer powers--pre-tournament co-favorites Argentina and Italy, defending champion France and dark-horse favorite Portugal were all eliminated in the first round--diminished the tournament as a showcase of the world's top footballing talent.
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