"Million dollar question" isn't it?...The coolest thing about genetics is,that sometimes we're "served" with the sum of an equasion before we have a value assigned for one,or more quotiant.To put it in simpler terms,it can be like having to work a math problem backwards. I'm probably the world biggest skeptic,yet I don't see how it couldn't have something to do with a direct influence from the Harlequin father? to me it's like saying that the "purple patternless" has nothing to do with the Motley genetics. I'm not interested in jumping the gun on speculating that this is a "super Harlequin",or anything of the sort.There are only a handful of F3 harlequins in existence,and,this represents the very first results of breeding ANY of them...So I'm kind of curious how anyone could assume we could've produced something like this sooner? some people may be under the impression that there's been an extensive amount of breeding done with this bloodline,and,though it might seem that way,we've barely started to breed first generation gene carriers back to each other...I believe there are some other cool things locked up in here,(within this bloodline.) and,I equate my work with them to trying to pick a combination lock with a random list of numbers,it takes diligence,patience,and,persistance...but,most of all the faith that you're on the right track...the fun is all the things you stumble over on the way!

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