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{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ↑ Weatherby and Sons (1960). The Racing Calendar Steeple Chases Past July, 1959- June, 1960. London.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ↑ The British Bloodstock Agency (1961). The Bloodstock Breeders' Review. An Illustrated Annual devoted to the British Thoroughbred. London. pp. 160–166, 207–210.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ↑ The British Bloodstock Agency (1961). The Bloodstock Breeders' Review. An Illustrated Annual devoted to the British Thoroughbred. London. pp. 160–166, 207–210.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ↑ Weatherby and Sons (1961). The Racing Calendar Steeple Chases Past July, 1960- June, 1961. London.
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{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ↑ Weatherby and Sons (1962). The Racing Calendar Steeple Chases Past July, 1961- June, 1962. London.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ↑ Weatherby and Sons (1962). The Racing Calendar Steeple Chases Past July, 1961- June, 1962. London.
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{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ↑ Weatherby and Sons (1963). The Racing Calendar Steeple Chases Past July, 1962- June, 1963. London.
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