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- ↑ "Condensed History Of The Great American Stakes". Daily Racing Form. 1909-06-05. Retrieved 2019-02-22– via University of Kentucky Archives.
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- ↑ "King Hairan Outraces Beauguerre to Win Great American Stakes at Jamaica". New York Times. 1956-07-26. Retrieved 2019-02-21.