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- ↑ "Gaines' Denmark". American Saddlebred Horse and Breeders Association. Retrieved 26 September 2024.
- 1 2 Rachel Grack (1 August 2008). American Saddlebred Horse, The. Bellwether Media. pp. 19–. ISBN 978-1-61211-544-3.
- ↑ "Spokane Daily Chronicle - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
- ↑ American Saddlebred Association: About us
- ↑ Lynghaug, Fran (2009-10-15). The Official Horse Breeds Standards Guide: The Complete Guide to the Standards of All North American Equine Breed Associations. MBI Publishing Company. ISBN 9781616731717.
- ↑ Coleman, Lori (2006). The American Saddlebred Horse (Print book) (Juvenile audience). Edge Books Series. Mankato, Minn.: Capstone Press. ISBN 978-0-7368-5458-0.
- 1 2 "Bureau of Animal Industry". 20 May 1903 – via Google Books.
- ↑ Just the right horse: about
- ↑ American Saddlebred
- 1 2 Gaines' Denmark sons and grandsons #1
- ↑ Washington Denmark Offspring
- ↑ WORLD’S GRAND CHAMPIONSHIP FIVE-GAITED STAKE
- 1 2 Gaines' Denmark sons and grandsons #2
- ↑ Montrose: Saddlebred Beauty and Style
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