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- ↑ "The 2024 World Thoroughbred Rankings". Horseracingintfed.com. 21 January 2025. Retrieved 2025-01-24.
- ↑ "2024 Longines World's Best Racehorse Rankings Summary". Horseracingintfed.com. 21 January 2025. Retrieved 2025-01-24.
- 1 2 3 "International Code of Suffixes". International Federation of Horse Racing Authorities. May 2010. Retrieved 6 March 2011.
- ↑ "Weight-for-Age Scale". Godolphin . Retrieved 6 March 2011.