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- ↑ "Beau Purple Scratched from Derby" [ permanent dead link ],Milwaukee Sentinel, 5 May 1960,p.47 of 55, Google News.
- ↑ "Beau Purple Beats Kelso; Carry Back Runs 5th As 20-1 Shot Hangs Up Record At Belmont; Victor, Under Boland Scores By 6 1/2 Lengths – (race 7: held 27 October 1962)". Baltimore Sun . The Associated Press. 28 October 1962. p. 121. Retrieved 22 April 2021.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ↑ "Beau Purple Sets Track Record in Brooklyn Handicap",Reading Eagle, 22 July 1962, p.31 of 95, Google News.
- ↑ "Beau Purple Beats Kelso in Widener",The Pittsburgh Press, 23 February 1963, p.39 of 91,Google News.
- Sources
- Beau Purple's pedigree and partial racing stats, PedigreeQuery.com.