The Eliminator
Survive & Advance
This season's Eliminator is over. It returns at the start of the next season, in the first week. Get your un-raced maidens ready now.
What is the Eliminator Tournament?
The Eliminator is the largest virtual horse racing tournament in the world, presented exclusively by Digital Downs. There is one goal - Survive and Advance!
Expect fast paced action where you will no doubt experience the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat. Good horses, skillful strategy mixed with a little luck might advance your horse to the next round but only the special horses will survive and reach the final race and potentially become the next Eliminator Champion.
Hundreds of horses will be entered into the tournament. The more entries the better as you do your best to avoid the early knockout in this very unique set up that has sprinters and routers colliding with classic distance horses at a 1 mile dirt track.
How the Knockout Works
Every Heat
Up to 8 horses, 1 mile on dirt
Top 4 Survive
The bottom 4 are eliminated
The Final
A field of 10 survivors
Champion
The last horse standing
The number of rounds is set by the number of horses entered. A dead heat for 4th (4/5) sends both horses through.
The Three Eliminators
2yo Juvenile Eliminator
Race listing will appear for all maiden horses. Apply rules!
3yo Colts & Fillies Eliminator
Race listing will appear for all maiden horses. Apply rules!
4yo and up Colts & Fillies Eliminator
Tournament Rules
The Three Tournaments
There are 3 Eliminator Tournaments that begin during the first week of every new season at Digital Downs:
- 2yo Juvenile Eliminator
- 3yo Eliminator
- 4yo and Older Eliminator
Rules for All Horses
Once a horse is entered into the Eliminator it can not enter any other race while still racing in the Eliminator. A horse that races in any non-eliminator race will be immediately disqualified from the Eliminator. Geldings are welcome.
Entry Requirements - Strictly Enforced
2yo Juveniles Colts & Fillies: 2yo horses must be un-raced maiden horses.
3yo Colts & Fillies: 3yo horses must be un-raced maiden horses.
4yo and Older: 4yo horses must have less than 2 wins. There are two first round race set ups for 4yo+ horses:
- non winners of 2 allowance
- maiden raced or un-raced
Race Structure
- All races will be run on dirt at a 1 mile distance. Track conditions may vary.
- Max field size for all rounds except for the final race will be 8 horses.
- Final race field size will be 10 horses.
- The number of rounds will be determined by the initial horse entry total.
- Beginning entry fee will be 5,000 game credits (DD$) with increasing entry fees per round.
- The top 4 horses in a heat will advance to the next Eliminator round. The bottom 4 horses are eliminated from the tournament. If there is a dead heat for 4th (4/5) then the 4th and 5th horses will both advance.
- When stables enter multiple horses into the tournament, their horses will be evenly placed into heats. Example: if you enter 20 horses and there are 20 heats then you will have 1 horse in each heat.
- First round jockey selections will be randomly assigned. After the first round, jockeys will be assigned based on (AER) Average Earnings Per Race.
Milk Maid (KY)
Do you have what it takes to be the next Eliminator Champion?