http://cs.bloodhorse.com/blogs/industry-voices/archive/2010/08/17/in-light-of-economic-factors-sale-held-its-own.aspxThe August 2010 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga selected sale had the lowest average purchase price since 2002. However, in view of the macroeconomic environment in the United States and Europe, that result is not as negative as it appears to be at first glanceenCommunityServer 2007.1 (Build: 20917.1142)http://cs.bloodhorse.com/blogs/industry-voices/archive/2010/08/17/in-light-of-economic-factors-sale-held-its-own.aspx#128839Wed, 18 Aug 2010 15:25:38 GMTb1464f20-99eb-45e5-b651-41da03ecff36:128839Oldie<p>Mr. Shanklin, I appreciate your balanced, fact-based, common sense approach, and quite agree. &nbsp;Often I find myself reading or watching stories and asking aloud, &quot;Well, what did you expect?!&quot; &nbsp;It&#39;s time we all stopped fantasizing some miracle would fix our problems, economic and other, and started working on fixing them ourselves. &nbsp;We can respect the history of racing while addressing its future, and we can start by not panicking when numbers are less than we wish they were. &nbsp;The sky isn&#39;t falling; in fact, based on the information you have shared, it looks pretty darned stable.</p> <img src="http://cs.bloodhorse.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=128839" width="1" height="1">