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Earl Mack Opinion

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Opinion: Earle Mack - No More Dirt

The Alan Balch Column

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Alan Balch Column - In search of . . .
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Alan Balch Column - Elite and not
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Alan Balch Column - Principles of Marketing
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Alan Balch - Fiefdoms redux?
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Alan Balch - What, me worry?
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Alan Balch - Federalism Redux
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Alan F. Balch - Elephants
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Alan Balch - The stress test
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Alan Balch - Awake yet?
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Alan Balch - Remembering where we come from
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Alan Balch - Inspiring Ascot
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Alan Balch - Past is prologue?
Alan F. Balch - Those pesky rules
Alan F. Balch - Who’s responsible?!
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Alan Balch - Reason and Emotion, Noses Apart!
Alan Balch - Toast?
Alan Balch - Toast?
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Alan Balch - "Socialist impertinence?"
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Alan Balch - “The trainers"
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Alan F. Balch - Is this herd safe?
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Alan F. Balch - Just a few questions, please?
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Alan Balch - Trainers’ rights?
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Alan F. Balch - Anticipating necessity
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Alan F. Balch - A cluster-f***ailure!
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Alan Balch - Horsemanship 1a
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Alan Balch - Compete!
Alan F. Balch - At last . . . . .
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Alan F. Balch - Thomism . . . and racing
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Alan Balch - "You never know..."
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Alan Balch - Achtung!
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Alan Balch - Self-interest rightly understood
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Alan F. Balch - Now, about Pegasus . . .
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Alan Balch - War of the Worlds
Alan Balch - Interest and conflict
Alan Balch - Marketing and Management Myopia
Alan Balch - Geese and Greed
Alan Balch - questioning whether the USADA would be the right choice to police racing
Alan Balch - Is perception reality?
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Alan Balch - Complacent?
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Alan Balch - Competing?
Alan Balch - Why is it?
Alan Balch - Why is it?
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Alan Balch - Risky Business
Alan Balch - Insoluble Problems?
Alan Balch - Shooting the messengers?
Alan Balch - Hope Smiles
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Alan F. Balch - Expertise?
Alan Balch - Del Mar Rising
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Alan Balch - Return on investment?
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Alan F. Balch - Where went the marketing?
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Alan Balch - Whither the Breeders’ Cup?
Alan Balch - Racing imperilled?
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Alan Balch - Present vs. Future

The Sid Fernando Column

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Sid Fernando - The thought-provoking
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Sid Fernando - Army Mule earned O'Neill stripes
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Sid Fernando - The Grass is Greener Stateside
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Sid Fernando - The Horseracing Integrity Act of 2017
Sid Fernando - Training for Classic
Sid Fernando - Training for Classic
Sid Fernando - the rise and fall and rise again of US bloodstock
Sid Fernando - Out with the old and in with the new
Sid Fernando - Out with the old and in with the new
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Sid Fernando - Racing's Rich Tapestry
Sid Fernando - Dishing out the dirt
Sid Fernando - Why are intact males such a rare breed?
Sid Fernando - Focus on the top tier ignores the bigger picture.
Sid Fernando - Let's hear it for the regular Joes
Sid Fernando - the whipping boy of international racing - fights back
Sid Fernando - The Lasix Anomaly
Sid Fernando - Scratching beneath the surface of the injury debate