So much depends on your budget. To me it doesn't make much sense to buy a $10,000 mare and then have to spend more than her purchase price to ship her down under. From my experience the best buys in the US marketplace today are well bred yearling fillies out of well producing mares who have some age on them, but have been excellent producers themselves. Not all of the fillies fall into this category, but there are some. I'm still kicking myself for not buying a filly that Hanover Shoe Farms sold at Harrisburg last Fall. She was a Rocknroll Hanover filly out of the top producing mare Sandlark Hanover. I looked at her and thought she was a very nice filly with more than adequate conformation. I then changed my mind and decided I would instead focus on trotting fillies. I wasn't around when this particular filly sold. She brought the incredibly low price of $7,000. When I looked at her I felt that she would be a great bargain at $20,000 or maybe more. I'm still kicking myself because I feel that even in a depressed market, she will always be worth more than the price she brought.