Welcome to Jay Star Ranch web page, we would like to give you some history of our horses, our breeding program and assist you in promoting any ‘GQ’ babies you may have.

Our facility is in the heart of ‘horse country’, Pilot Point, Texas. We chose this location to be near the best horses in our industry and to avail our horses to this beautiful land. Our Ranch is 5 years old and growing. We have worked very hard to raise and collect some of the finest producing mares in the industry. These mares, along with a select few of outside mares that have been with us for many years, are bred to GQ. 

 

Going into our 14th breeding season with Mister GQ, we are very excited to now offer to the public,one of his sons, GQ Soltaire, or ‘Barney’ as we call him.  He is the result of a careful selection we have been very successful with crossing on GQ. This beautiful 17 hand N/N stallion has the talent, beauty, and mind of the future.

 

But before going into this new stallion, lets share a little about his father....Mister GQ

Living in the beautiful Coto De Caza area of Orange County, California was not the most likely place to raise a stallion. After breeding one of our mares to the great Mr. Conclusion, the resulting foal being Mister GQ, his fate took on a direction of it’s own. His mother, Always In Fashion, a great mare,but not a fabulous show mare, as she would rather be ridden than do halter, was the key. She was 16 hands, all red, by Page Impressive, out of a Gold Seeker Bars mare owned by the Whalens. GQ was our only baby that year.  I only had 4 mares and choose to breed them on alternating years. This was before shipped semen. He was rather stunning to begin with and being our only baby that year got all of the attention. He also had an aloofness about him that set him just a tad above the rest.  I wanted to be very cautious about showing him so we took him to only two futurities that year. He won those easily and started the talk that would follow him for many years to come.

When he was a yearling, there was only one person considered to handle him. Ted Turner if he would. He graciously accepted and we started a life long friendship and association that I value. He is a true horseman and friend. Our only disagreement was I wanted to ride GQ. So, after his successful show career as a halter horse, I took him home and we started riding. By the age of three he had won a World Champion, and two Res. World Champion titles; had won the Congress twice along with winning the prestigious Yearling Stallion class, going Grand Champion Stallion as a yearling. Then toped off his three year old season by winning the Solid gold Non-Pro Western Pleasure with me aboard.

We brought him home and breed our mares for the next few years. We decided to take him back to the Congress as a 4 year old.  He, again won his class in halter and was Grand Champion Stallion-Reserve in the Open division. He qualified for the World Show Aged Stallions so we decided to take him to the world show for his last go at an open title.  With Denny Hassett leading him in the Open division of the Aged Stallions he hit is highest honor being crowned World Champion Aged Stallion.  ...the rest, as they say, is history...............

Please look through our site at different categories such as GQ’s Photo Gallery to see all of his titles..Mares..to see our broodmares and babies and their records; and our new stallion, GQ Soltaire...

We also have a Horses Available page that you can find a variety of horses for your viewing.

Thank you for visiting us.  We hope we can assist you in enjoying your journey with these great creatures.  We have certainly enjoyed ours.

Sincerely,

Candace Jussen