Possible Clues:

• Draws
• 'Draws for the time, all the same in no lively way (4,5)'
• Ties in races
• Lifeless finishes?
• Finishes that aren't merely close
• They're cold draws
• Draws for the cold ones?
• Draws in at the death, perhaps
• Draws as cold as corpses
• The results of athletes doing their level best