It’s going to be tough to top the year Hay Goodlookn (Gus) foals had in the show pen in 2024 as his offspring recorded earnings well in excess of $250,000. But Blair and Susan Roberts and their daughter, Hillary Timchak, of Capital Quarter Horses, located in Pilot Point, Texas, are confident this is just the beginning.

The 2017 sorrel stallion by legendary American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA) performance horse sire Invitation Only and out of Whatscookngoodlookin (Candi), a multiple AQHA World and Congress Champion and National Snaffle Bit Association (NSBA) Horse of the Year was bred to be a show horse. And perhaps more importantly, he was bred to be a successful sire.

Hay Goodlookn’s first foals were only old enough to show under saddle in 2023 but already they are collecting accolades like AQHA World Champion, four Congress Champions, and Reserve NSBA World Champion.

Last year, Frank The Tankk, out of All Kinds of Trouble won the Coughlin 2-Year-Old Open Western Pleasure at the Quarter Horse Congress with Katy Jo Zuidema in the saddle. The win marked the second straight year the 2022 palomino gelding won a Congress Championship. In 2023 he and Kathie Kennedy won the Open Western Longe Line.

Up To Know Good  was the 2023 AQHA World Champion in the 2-Year-Old Open Western Pleasure and in 2024 she and Hillary Timchak won a Congress Championship in the 3-Year-Old Non-Pro Western Pleasure and she placed fourth in the 3-Year-Old Open Western Pleasure with RJ King.

City Limit Signs, a 2021 red roan gelding out of No Doubt Im Lucys, owned by Starland Ranch and shown by Aaron Moses, won the Novice Horse Western Pleasure and Green Western Pleasure at The Premier last year and was the Green Western Pleasure Champion at the Sudden Impulse Futurity.

Hay Girl Hayy, a 2021 sorrel mare out of Johnnie On The Spot, was bred by Capital Quarter Horses. Hay Girl Hayy and RJ King won the $100,000 Maiden Open Western Pleasure at The Sudden Impulse Futurity last year and Timchak rode her to a win in the Non-Pro Novice Horse Western Pleasure at The Premier. Jordan Macan, of Kearney, Missouri, purchased Hay Girl Hayy in July and went on to win the Super Sires 3-Year-Old Limited Non-Pro Western Pleasure at the Congress, while Blair Thownsend earned a Congress Championship on the mare in the Congress 3-Year-Old Limited Open Western Pleasure.

Forever In Always, a 2022 bay mare out of Forever Kool, bred by Ditty Up Quarter Horses, Ocala, Florida, was Reserve World Champion in the 2-Year-Old Level 3 Open Western Pleasure at the AQHA World Show with Cole Baker.

Feeling Groovey, a 2022 sorrel mare out of Forever N Ever, was bred by Stanley Scott, of Reddick, Florida. With Casey Willis in the saddle, Feeling Groovey placed third in the 2-Year-Old Level 3 Open Western Pleasure at the AQHA World Show last year.

Look Here Cowboy, a 2021 red roan mare out of Huntin For A Cowboy, was bred by Stanley Scott, of Reddick, Florida and is now owned by Jessica Landry, of Titusville, Florida. She has logged numerous big futurity wins with Landry in non-pro classes.

Timchak says the thing she has noticed about the Hay Goodlookn foals is that they are all so trainable and so good minded.

“Every bloodline we’ve crossed him on has played to both his and the individual mare’s strengths, and made a solid, strong, show horse,” she explained.

And numerous trainers agree.

“The Hay Goodlookn babies we have had in our program have all been very naturally talented,” said Florida trainer Cole Baker. “They jog well and lope very true and natural. They have great eye appeal and good size, very suitable to go onto the all-around as well. Whatscookngoodlookin’s influence is very apparent in them especially the fillies. We have liked all of them we have had and have enjoyed great success in the show arena. Gus is a go to for us for breeding.”

Katy Jo Zuidema, a Florida trainer who started and showed Frank The Tankk, said he is just “the best.”

“He’s a true jogger and he has so much self-carriage and rhythm,” she explained. “Anyone can ride him. He loves to show. His ears are always forward and I trust him. I think he’s gonna be a great Western Rider too.”

Timchak said it is important to her that not just the trainers, but the non-pro owners are also having success riding Gus offspring.

“To me that’s a huge deal,” she said. “For our industry to continue to thrive, non-pros have to enjoy and be confident showing young horses. The more this happens, the more people will breed and purchase horses intended to show in the futurity business. If Hay Goodlookn can help contribute to keeping that market strong, I feel we’ve done our job”

In addition to watching and keeping track of Gus offspring raised by customers, Capital Quarter Horses is excited about youngsters sired by Gus out of such decorated mares as Aint Nothn To It, Momma Knows Best, Johnnie On The Spot, Shez Immortal, Flashy Looking Lady, and more.

“We usually foal out 10-15 a year, keeping a few for ourselves to send to training and offering a few to the public for sale,” Timchak explained.

In 2025 Capital Quarter Horses plans to expand sale offerings and select a few more for the public’s consideration.

“If you’re looking, we have it,” Timchak said. “Please contact us to come look at some of the best bloodlines in the business. From weanlings and yearlings to 2-year-olds, located at CAC in Purcell, Oklahoma or King Show Horses, in Pilot Point, Texas. We love to see our prospects continue on with other programs and be successful.”

Those foals born at Capital Quarter Horses get their start right there on the farm, under the supervision of Greg Johnson, facility manager and trainer. Once they’re ready for the next step, they are sent out to Angie Cannizzaro, of CAC Show Horses; RJ King and Blair Townsend, of King Show Horses; and now, Reining prospects go to Kole and Kelsey Price, of Price Performance Horses.

“We will see where their training process takes them, but they all look to have very bright futures,” Timchak said.

Hillary and her mother, Susan Roberts will also return to the show pen later this year riding Gus offspring raised by Capital Quarter Horses.

“This year is a bit transitional for me as my husband, Eric, and I recently welcomed our daughter, Lena Elisabeth, to our family,” Timchak said. “However, when it’s showtime again, my mom, RJ King, and I will be showing Up To Know Good in the maturity events. I also have a fantastic 4-year-old mare with Angie Cannizzaro that’s by Gus out of the great producing mare Ima Potential. She showed last year at the Premier and was Reserve in the Novice Horse Open Western Pleasure with Angie (Cannizzaro). We are excited to break her back out and show her off. She’s amazing.”

Hay Goodlookn stands right there at Capital Quarter Horses. His 2025 stud fee is once again $3,500. The booking fee of $500 is included in the total stud fee. Shipping via UPS/Fedex is $325 while counter to counter is $425. Local pickup is $125.  Gus foals are eligible for all the major programs: NSBA BCF/Color BCF and SIF; APHA Breeders Trust; Premier Sires and Super Sires; SBB, West Coast Breeders, as well as Iowa and Michigan Breeders Futurity. Discounts are offered to proven mares.

“Our breeding program is the integral piece of what we do. Breeding Manager Leslie Bailey and Assistant Ashley Wong do a great job with Gus, as well as new reining stallion Golden Coins and Appaloosa stallion That’ll Do, owned by Trish Doyle,” Timchak said.

This will be an exciting year for Capital Quarter Horses. In addition to adding a new baby to the family, welcoming new Gus foals into the world and returning to the show pen, a new facility us being built situated on 123 acres off Highway 455 and Merrill Road in Pilot Point. It will include a four-stall stallion barn, six-stall foaling barn, as well as a show barn, breeding barn and offices similar to those in the current location.

But Timchak says it’s the team that makes Capital Quarter Horses so successful.

“Every person that works with us has the best interest of our program at heart,” she said. “I think the level of quality and perfection we strive for is only attainable if the people on the team have the same ideals, goals, and expectations. Everyone comes to work to give 100% every day, and that’s what you have to have to run a successful business.”

For additional information all Capital Quarter Horses at  (940) 324-5952.