competition to be the first rider in a charge 意味

• 先陣争い
  

• competition (rivalry) to first (e.g. rider in a charge):    competition (rivalry) to first (e.g. rider in a charge)先陣争いせんじんあらそい
• the first to charge:    the first to charge魁先駆けさきがけ

例文

1. the majority of the names came from fine horses of japanese classic literature; for example , the names surusumi and ikezuki are in the tale of the taira clan (the tale of the heike/heike monogatari ) and came from minamoto no yoritomo ' s favorite horse in the competition to be the first rider in a charge at the battle of the uji-gawa river .
   その多くは古典文学作品に登場する駿馬の名に由来しており、特に磨墨・池月は平家物語に登場し、宇治川の戦いの先陣争いで知られた源頼朝の愛馬から採られている。