Its A Southern Thing is a 2010 bay Quarter Horse stallion, registered AQHA and standing 16.0 hands. He is by Only In The Moonlite (by Invitation Only) and out of Shesa Hot Cookie, a daughter of Zips Chocolate Chip. He stands at Gumz Farms Quarter Horses LLC in Ocala, Florida, for a $3,000 USD stud fee. Listed breeding terms: booking fee $500 USD; Multiple mare discount available; Repeat breeder discounts; World or Congress Champion producer or earner (AQHA, APHA, NSBA, or ApHC). He is owned by Gumz Farms Quarter Horses LLC, with Amy Gumz as breeding manager. Breedings are available by frozen transported semen, with a live foal guarantee under the terms of the breeding contract. Shipping is listed to Europe.
Highlights listed for Its A Southern Thing: Sire of over Half a Million Dollars in Earnings; 2022 #14 NSBA Leading Sire of BCF Earnings; 2022 #6 NSBA Leading Sire; 2022 #5 QDATA Leading Hunter Under Saddle Sire; 2022 #4 QDATA Leading Western Pleasure Sire; 2021 #2 AQHA Leading Sire Am Halter ROM’s; 2021 #4 NSBA Leading Sire; 2021 #4 QDATA Leading AQHA Western Pleasure Sire; 2021 #5 QDATA Leading AQHA Western All Around Sire; 2021 #4 QDATA Leading AQHA English All Around Sire; 2021 #4 QDATA Leading AQHA Hunter Under Saddle Sire; 2021 #4 AQHA Leading Sire of Open Performance ROM’s; 2019 & 2020 Super Sires Sire of the Year; 2020 NSBA #3 Leading Sire; 2020 NSBA #5 All Time Leading Sire; 2020 AQHA #2 Leading HUS Sire – money earned; 2020 AQHA #7 Leading WP Sire -money earned; Sire of multiple World Champions, Congress Champions and major futurity & slot class winners; AQHA Superior- Western Pleasure; AQHA 2015 World Show - Reserve Champion Level 3 Western Riding; AQHA 2015 World Show - Reserve Champion Level 2 Western Riding; AQHA 2015 World Show - Bronze Champion - Level 2 Western Pleasure; AQHA 2015 World Show - 7th Jr. Western Pleasure; NSBA 2015 World Champion - Jr. Western Riding; NSBA 2015 Reserve World Champion - Jr. Western Pleasure; 2015 Southern Belle Western Pleasure Reserve Champion; 2015 Southern Belle Western Riding Reserve Champion; Superior Award Earner in Jr. Western Pleasure; Superior Award Earner in Jr. Western Riding; Congress 2014 - Top 5 Green Hunter Under Saddle out of 118 entries; Congress 2014 - 6th in the Green Western Riding; Congress 2012 - Top 5 Masters Western Pleasure Class Winner; 183.5 AQHA Points. His lifetime earnings are recorded at $34,454 USD. In the Super Sires program, Its A Southern Thing was Super Sire of the Year in 2019 and 2020 and ranks 6th in the 2026 standings with 133 points. He also finished 2nd in 2021 (16 points), 9th in 2022 (17 points), 18th in 2023 (7 points), 9th in 2024 (70 points) and 4th in 2025 (102 points). StallionCompare lists 82 recorded offspring by Its A Southern Thing, 3 of them with recorded earnings totalling $56,965 USD. His top earners: Boifriend Material ($55,000 USD), Its Southern Blues ($1,785 USD) and Kickin Dust Up ($180 USD).
Its A Southern Thing tests N/N for HYPP, PSSM, HERDA, GBED, OLWS, MYHM and MH. He is nominated to NSBA Stallion Incentive Fund, NSBA Breeders' Championship Futurity, NSBA Color Breeders' Championship Futurity, Super Sires, Premier Sires, IQHA Breeders' Incentive Futurity Program, West Coast Breeders Futurity, Deutsche Quarter Horse Association Futurity and Kentucky Quarter Horse Association Breeders Incentive Futurity.