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- ↑ "Past Winners - 1991 to 2000 Melbourne Cup Winners". www.races.com.audate=28 October 2021.
- ↑ "Full Result 4.20 Flemington (AUS) | 5 November 1996 | Racing Post". www.racingpost.com.
- ↑ "Saintly racehorse Melbourne Cup winner 1996". www.racerate.com.
- ↑ https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/superracing/vic-racing/saintly-dies-melbourne-cup-winning-horse-dead-aged-24/news-story/48b660bd34eb3f864b62016519c85626
- ↑ "RSTV Video - 1996 Melbourne Cup - Saintly". www.racingandsports.tv.