My PS Sign the Card Colt

For years, I've wanted to breed my mare. In 2014, my husband and I decided it was time. I choose a stud-the hunter under saddle sire PS Sign the Card. My mare is an Appendix QH and PS Sign the Card is 1/2 Thoroughbred. So this baby is 3/8 Thoroughbred.... Maybe someday he can get his Register of Merit and become a American Quarter Horse in the regular registry!

Both PS Sign the Card (Hoover) and my mare, Invited to Enhanceme (Grace), are AQHA point earners in English Performance classes. I was looking for a stud who would complement Grace's long legs and floaty trot. I also wanted a big boy with a similar build to keep proportions the same. Hoover fit the bill-16.2 hands tall and an AQHA World Champion in Hunter Hack.


Dr. James Speer used AI to breed Grace, starting May 1 last year, with the last breeding date being May 6(?). I'm a little fuzzy on that part. So, it's been a LONG wait for this colt. Grace's gestation period was 345 days. The rule of thumb is 340. Naturally, when she hadn't foaled by April 11, I was frantic. Had she miscarried? Why wasn't she showing more of a bag? It was a relief to see her fill and start waxing up on April 14...and every moment from then to the colt's birth took forever!