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- ↑ "SPORTS PEOPLE - HORSE RACING - Foolish Pleasure's Death Announced". The New York Times . 1994-12-05. Retrieved 2016-05-31.
- ↑ "1975". Kentuckyderby.com. Retrieved 2016-05-31.
- ↑ "Foolish Pleasure, $5.80, Triumphs in $262,100 Kentucky Derby". The New York Times. 4 May 1975. Retrieved 2020-01-28.
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