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References
- ↑ Success in Australia
- ↑ Pring, Peter; Analysis of Champion Racehorses, The Thoroughbred Press, Sydney, 1977, ISBN 0-908133-00-6
- ↑ ASB: Cuddle (NZ) Retrieved 17 November 2010
- ↑ Cuddle Stakes Archived 14 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine
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