Recently Sweden sale was actually a 1,000 dollars over the previous year sale so basically even. The break in the US dollar may give foreign buyers a bump but I haven't followed what the rate with the currency in CDN and Sweden. I think the rule a good horses will still bring top dollar...while the middle slumps. There are more horses at Lex this year with more regional horses to sell on day 5. A Biden win will have a future issue for buying horse flesh lowering the amount of the small business threshold and getting away from the 100% write off that Counselor mentions. Yes, option traders killed it this year with volatility and it only took a few months to do so. Whether the sales are off 0,5,10,or 15% the breeders will take that because months ago it looked like it could have been crushing. I think they are more worried about closed borders and not having the eyeballs at the sale. The Swedes may not make the trip if racing can't be viewed live. Canadians needing to quarantine when they cross back over. IL had their yearling sale yesterday and it wasn't as bad as it could have been with the ongoing slot issue of waiting and new issue of Arlington probably forgoing dates leaving Hawthorne to take the summer dates leaving harness racing without a track? The sale could have been drastically worse but it wasn't buyers showed up.