Southern Playboy is a familiar name when it comes to MFTHBA stallion awards. Since the inception of the Breeding Sire of the Year and the Stallion of the Year awards in 2012, Southern Playboy has been in the Top 5 for both awards, and he is the only stallion to be included on both lists every year. He has won top honors as the 2012 and 2014 Breeding Sire of the Year and 2013 Stallion of the Year. Southern Playboy is the 2006 World Grand Champion.

Bred, owned, and shown by Clyde Connelly of Ava, Missouri, Southern Playboy’s offspring brought home several top honors in 2015. Notable offspring include the Open Amateur Three Year Old Futurity Champion, Heza Rock Star, owned by Amber and Colleen Wilson of Bonner Springs, Kansas; Amateur Owned and Trained 4 Year and Older World Grand Champion, Playboy’s Southern Belle, owned by Kim and Kara Landon of Lebanon, Missouri; Playboy’s Southern Belle also won the Youth 12-14 World Grand Championship.

The MFTHBA congratulates Southern Playboy and Clyde Connelly. Thank you for your contributions to the Missouri Fox Trotting Horse breed.

More on the Stallion of the Year:

Designed to honor the stallion with the most successful offspring at MFTHBA sponsored shows, a point system was applied to pre-designated classes.  All World Grand Champion classes, Spring Show Championship Classes and Three Year Old Futurity classes were included in the calculations.  In 2015, 119 stallions earned points toward the award.

This week we will highlight each stallion in the Top 5 for the award leading up to the naming of the 2015 MFTHBA Stallion of the Year on Friday.

All Top 5 Stallions will be honored at the 2016 Spring Show and Futurity in June.