We do have a soft market here, the choice for breeders is either to stay in the soft market or look for a stronger one. Two years ago when the US dollar was totally in the crapper folks in Europe could buy a horse, quarantine and pay for export and end up paying less for the horse with a dollar conversion than another person in the US would just pay for the horse alone. There is more to exporting than meets the eye. With different publications, judges, and bloodlines just a short flight can land you in a land where what is desirable may not be exactly what you thought it would be.