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- ↑ "Dark Mirage wins honor". Spokane Daily Chronicle. December 4, 1968. Retrieved 2012-07-13.
- ↑ "Unprecedented turf sweep by Dr Fager". Press-Courier. November 28, 1968. Retrieved 2012-07-13.
- ↑ "Dr Fager Named top horse". Montreal Gazette. November 13, 1968. Retrieved 2012-07-13.