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Originally Posted by rkinnin
Hey Steve et al,
I caught just a small portion of today's show when you talked about the drop in  for OBS.
If you feel that this will be the course for the balance of the year with other sales like Fasig-Tipton, etc do you feel that we may see dominance from horses abroad in the years to come instead? |
There have been frequent downturns in the US market over the years, and speculation that Euro or Arab dominance would result via the sales have yet to come to fruition. There are still homebreds out there to offset the foreign purchases, not to mention backyard breeders producing the Tin Cup Chalices of the world. And for every multi-million dollar purchase there is a $75,000 Funny Cide or Afleet Alex.
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