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References
- ↑ "Focus On the Deed". Sports Illustrated . June 18, 1956. Archived from the original on January 2, 2013.
- 1948 Time magazine article on Shannon and his win in the Argonaut Handicap
- New York Times article on Hillsdale's win in the 1959 Argonaut Handicap
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