LOL...that's what I call it, his birth mark:). I had never heard of the smutty gene thing till Hair gave me the info last year. So far, no one who comments about his darks spots have heard of the smutty gene when I tell them. Everyone thinks he has appy in him, but according to his papers there is none anywhere in his background. It's funny when I tell them no app, and about the smutty thing they all seem skeptical. Jan made the comment that I can't repeat here, but meant that there was something in his background that maybe someone didn't admit or didn't know about.
Becky
Heh... well, his markings are unusual, but they don't look appy in any way shape or form.
I didn't know about the smutty gene until we started talking about it here either but since then I've noticed that just about every palomino I've seen since has it to some degree, but Harley's shoulder blotch is just about the most prominent one I've ever seen.
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