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- ↑ "Forever Yours pedigree". Equineline.
- ↑ The Bloodhorse.com Champion's history charts Archived September 4, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ New York Times - July 14, 1935
- ↑ Baltimore Sun - August 18,1935
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