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- ↑ "Sovereign Awards > Past Award Winners". The Jockey Club of Canada. Archived from the original on 24 April 2009. Retrieved 7 May 2022.[ dead link ]
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- ↑ Nairn, Ernie (3 May 2006). "Annual Manitoba CTHS/HBPA Awards Banquet at Assiniboia Downs". The Racing Journal. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
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