DUR SURVIVOR Season 1 – DUBAI Into the Unknown (Immunity Race 3)

OUTPLAN, OUTRIDE, OUTRACE! – The Third Immunity Race

by Linton (aka Dingo333) on behalf of Down Under Racing

What a Crazy week in Down Under Racing’s Survivor Race Series, with our races being bid races we welcome outsiders to come and cause some mayhem and that is exactly what happened this week.

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With 8 survivors remaining in the hot days and freezing nights of the Dubai Desert, this week the camp was invaded by 13 outsiders, so for the first time the race split. The rules as set down for survivor catered for this eventuality, and now the results will be decided on the Best and Worst SP’s.

With original race a an Open 3yo MSW over a mile due to run at 13:00 we found that of the 8 survivors only Johnno and Andrew had drawn in against 9 outsiders. After the race we found Johnno breathing a sigh of relief as his SP was nothing brilliant and he finished 6^th and Andrew was a mere length back in 7^th with an SP of 83.571.

OUTPLAN: My planning for this race was meticulous, I spent hours searching for the right horse to help me survive. Unfortunately the right horse just didn’t seem to be residing in my stables, the best I could find was an early 3 year old I bred in January who had 2 starts under his belt 1 on dirt and last start on Grass, both utter failures with low 70’s as his SP’s. He also had never raced further than 1100 metres (5.5 furlongs). This is where more planning and scheming was required and with 2 hours before cut off time – I PLAYED MY IDOL!

OUTRIDE OUTRACE: For the second time in 3 races Mat (lindsypark) takes this title, dropping “BULLOCK BEACH” to the tail of the field and riding him cold until the 700 metre mark where he took off to run over the field down the straight. Kevin (selurnivek) tried to lead all the way with his “JUSTIQUIST” but was outridden and outraced by the winner.

THE TRIBE HAS SPOKEN:

In the split race we had 4 outsiders but they played very little part in what turned out to be a thrilling race for lowest SP among the survivors. One ran 3^rd and the other three filled the 1 2 and 3 placings at the bottom end of the race. With Kevin and Mat fighting out the top 2 places the remaining 4 survivors Linton, Simon, Magoo and Kim were left to see if they could at least beat Andrew’s SP from the 1^st race. Magoo very quickly showed out and pulled away from the other 3, and Linton’s horse as quickly dropped back and was clearly going to be last of the four. However, they were also aware that the idol was in play. Kim’s (rasmus) 1^st starter “DUR TAKE CHARGE” (Bred especially for this race) and Simon’s (groupies) “NAT ON THE MAT” were left to fight it out. With Kim’s horse weakening rapidly and Simon’s only plodding along it would be a close finish. In the end DUR TAKE CHARGE crossed the line a ¼ length clear of Simon’s horse.

The final result’s were in a clear slowest was Linton’s horse “A FLEET OF KINGS” finishing 7^th with an SP of 79.618, but he was saved by the judicious playing of his idol. Everyone waited with bated breath the times were in Kim’s horse 5^th with 84.945 Simon’s 6^th and an 84.544, which unfortunately for Andrew meant he was eliminated and becomes the 3^rd member of our Jury.

Stay tuned for the next episode of DUR SURVIVOR SEASON 1 – DUBAI INTO THE UNKNOWN

Dubai (UAE)
Saturday, April 8, 2023 — 11:30:00 AM EST | Race ID : 3083951
15% Chance of Precipitation
Claim – Purse : $68,600
Tag : $100,000 (200 BP)
Restricted to 4 Year Olds and Older

6 Furlongs | ~1200 Meters | Three Quarters of a Mile Dirt

Status : Entries now open.
Entries Close 4/6/2023 — 3:00:00 PM EST

3 of our survivors were supremely confident and were already entered (Mat, Kevin and Simon) 2 of  these were right in being confident 1 not so much 😊

We also already have 4 outsiders entered.