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- ↑ Purse amount listed on Laurel Park website "Laurel022611MWS". Archived from the original on 2011-09-29. Retrieved 2012-02-25.
- ↑ 2007 Maryland Jockey Club Media Guide, page 88 on March 3, 2007.