Possible Clues:

• Bench rider? No
• Appetizer, on a 2 Down
• Course official who controls race, initially?
• First item on menu? It could be horse!
• Order tarts with herb filling -- that's appetising
• More biting following small first course
• South -- they're oddly following sailor's course
• Provider of track shots?
• Chap with pistol people run away from as quickly as possible
• Person looking hard round back of restaurant for appetiser