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Southern Playboy Named a MFTHBA Top 5 Stallion

Southern Playboy picked up his second honor this year.  Earlier he was named the 2014 Breeding Sire of the Year and today he becomes a 2014 Top 5 Stallion.

Southern Playboy picked up his second honor this year. Earlier he was named the 2014 Breeding Sire of the Year and today he becomes a 2014 Top 5 Stallion.

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. He has won top honors as the 2012 and 2014 Breeding Sire of the Year and 2013 Stallion of the Year. He is the only stallion to make the Top 5 in both awards all three years and the only stallion to be listed in the Top 5 for both awards this year.

Bred, owned and shown by Clyde Connelly of Ava, Missouri, Southern Playboy’s offspring had a great year in the performance and versatility arenas in 2014. Notable offspring include the Open Amateur Versatility World Grand Champion, JB’s Raising the Bar, owned by John Brandreth of Canton, Georgia. He also sired the Amateur Owned Reserve World Grand Champion 3 year old, Midnight Mandy, owned by Sharon Jolley-Ballowe of Rogersville, Missouri and Karen Jolley-Leighton of Springfield, Missouri. These are just two among many winners in versatility and performance competition.

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 2014, 130 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 2014 MFTHBA Stallion of the Year on Friday.