What is a dark horse?

The word "dark horse" is not a proper term in the stock market. The word "dark horse" originally refers to a horse that is not favored in the racecourse, but it can make most people's glasses fail and become an unexpected winner in the race. /kloc-In the 9th century, British politician Benjamin Disraes described a wonderful horse racing scene in his novel The Young Duke. At the beginning of the race, the two thoroughbred horses with the highest voice for winning the championship led all the way. Seeing that one of them is sure to win, the whole audience cheered for it. Unexpectedly, at the end of the race, suddenly an obscure black horse struggled to catch up from behind, quickly left two thoroughbred horses behind, and rushed all the way to the end to win the championship. Since then, the word "dark horse" has spread like wildfire, developed from slang on the racetrack to sports idioms, and appeared in news reports from time to time. When a fledgling athlete or sports team has achieved good results and won the championship, the news media will report and praise it as a "dark horse" after the game. The word "dark horse" gradually expanded to other reporting fields. 186 1 year, when the unknown Lincoln was elected as the first 16 president of the United States, some people called him the "dark horse" president. The annotation of Modern Chinese Dictionary on "Dark Horse" is: "Metaphor for unpredictable competitors or unexpected winners".