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References
- ↑ "Past Winners - 1991 to 2000 Melbourne Cup Winners". www.races.com.audate=28 October 2021.
- ↑ "Full Result 4.20 Flemington (AUS) | 1 November 1994 | Racing Post". www.racingpost.com. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
- ↑ New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing Annual 1995 (24th edition). Dillon, Mike, Editor. Mike Dillon's Racing Enterprises Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand.
- ↑ https://www.racingandsports.tv/1994-melbourne-cup-jeune-v-YSF