Southern Playboy is a familiar name when it comes to the MFTHBA Stallion of the Year award. Since the inception of the Stallion of the Year award in 2012, Southern Playboy has been in the Top 5 every year, including winning the 2013 Stallion of the Year.

Bred, owned, and shown by Clyde Connelly of Ava, Missouri, Southern Playboy’s offspring brought home several top honors in 2021.

Notable offspring include the following: Open Yearling Model Reserve World Grand Champion, Playing the Ace Card, owned by Ronnie & Debbie Nelson Hollandsworth; the Open Amateur Limited Rider Three Years and Older Reserve World Grand Champion, Playboy’s Alma Lou, owned by Kassidy and Kurt Landon; and the Open Amateur Novice Rider World Grand Champion, Playboy’s Sarah Jean, owned by Shelly Robbins.

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

The Stallion of the Year Award:

Designed to honor the stallion with the most successful offspring at MFTHBA sponsored shows, a point system was applied to all MFTHBA show classes.  Thanks to the new MFTHBA database, this was the first year that all classes earned points towards this award.  In the past, only Futurity classes, Futurity championship classes, Spring Show championship classes, and World Grand Championship classes were counted.  In 2021, 122 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 2021 MFTHBA Stallion of the Year on Friday.

All Top 5 Stallions will be honored at the 2022 Spring Show and Futurity in June.

Rounding out the Top 10:

3. Pride’s Traveling John John
4. Jester’s Charming Legend
5. Jester’s Charming King R.
6. Time to Tango
7. Boss’ Midnight Cash
8. Cardinal’s Gunslinger A.
9. Sensation’s Pride B.
10. Stroker Ace A.