With 33 nominated horses in the ASHS Super Quest for the 2017/18 season, 15 had points on the leader board at the end of the regular season. The top 6 consisted of Superjay Concession (by Hazelwood Conman) ridden and owned by Jody Crozier, Ben & Jaye Hall’s two entries Erindale Denver and Halls Portrait (by Daley’s Playrio), John Mulcahy’s Stratton Gest Rosie (by Gest An Acre), J Lee A Latte owned by Ann Comiskey and ridden by Jody Crozier & Jayee Pussy O owned by Que Hornery and ridden by Steve Comiskey.
With Stratton Gest Rosie and the next two horses in line unable to compete at the finals Laroona Amrosi owned by P & D Glenwright and ridden by Jess Hoffmann was able to compete in the final at the ACA National Finals as well.
The final of the ASHS SuperQuest is held over two rounds in conjunction with the ACA Rookie Horse Competition and this year saw Burke & Wills in far north Queensland run a very capable finals campaign. The results of the two rounds are added to the horses’ existing points to decide the top 6 placings.
Laroona Amrosi won the first round with a whopping 91 points to move them up the ladder from 9th position to 6th in one run. Amrosi and SuperJay Concession then went on to tie for first place in the second round giving the following final results:
The top 6 available horses from the leader board will compete in the ASHS Super Quest Final at the ACA National Finals.
The final is held in conjunction with the Rookie Horse final and consists of two full rounds.
Eligible Super Quest horses are ranked from 1st to 6th in each round by their score and awarded points on the following basis:
1st = 30 2nd = 25 3rd= 20 4th = 15 5th = 10 6th = 5
In the event of a tie, the relevent points are added together and divided by the number of horses in the tie eg. Horse A and Horse B tie for 5th place, they will each receive 7.5 points.
The points gained in each round are then added to the points the horse came into the finals with to determine the winner.
A horse does not have to compete at the finals to win or place in the competition however they wont be able to add to their end of season points.
[Taken from the ASHS Super Quest website.]