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- ↑ "Go Boy's Shadow home page by Walkers West" . Retrieved 16 March 2016.
- ↑ "Sarasota Herald-Tribune - Google News Archive Search" . Retrieved 16 March 2016.
- ↑ "I Am Jose wins 2nd straight Walking Horse Celebration championship". The Tennessean. 31 August 2014. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
- ↑ In Memory of Merry Go Boy