| Horsename: | Love Sign |
| Sire: | Spanish Riddle |
| Grandsire: | Ridan |
| Dam: | Native Nurse |
| Damsire: | Graustark |
| Sex: | Mare |
| Foaled: | 1977 |
| Country: | United States |
| Colour: | Dark Bay |
| Breeder: | Jane Wilbur Clark |
| Owner: | Stephen C. Clark, Jr. |
| Trainer: | Sidney Watters, Jr. |
| Record: | 39: 16-6-6 |
| Earnings: | US$934,827 |
| Race: | Alabama Stakes (1980) Athenia Handicap (1980) Beldame Stakes (1980, 1981) Gazelle Handicap (1980) Test Stakes (1980) Ballerina Stakes (1981) Sheepshead Bay Handicap (1981) Hempstead Handicap (1982) Imp Stakes (1982) |
Love Sign (foaled April 19, 1977 in Virginia) was an American Thoroughbred racemare who won three Grade I races[1] while competing against exceptionally strong female competition such as Hall of Fame inductees Genuine Risk[2] and Bold 'n Determined.[3]
Love Sign was bred by Jane Wilbur Clark and raced by her husband, Stephen Clark, Jr.[4] She was trained by U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee, Sidney Watters, Jr.[5]
At age two, Love Sign met with little success but at age three in 1980 won five Graded stakes races including Grade I wins in the Alabama Stakes at Saratoga Race Course and the first of two straight editions of the Beldame Stakes at Belmont Park. As a four-year-old Love Sign was still a top contender, winning two Graded stakes plus her second Grade 1 Beldame. At age five in 1982, Love Sign won two more Graded stakes races before being retired to serve as a broodmare.
Although bred to the likes of Slew o' Gold and twice to U.S. Triple Crown Champion Seattle Slew, Love Sign's foals met with no success in racing.[6]