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- ↑ Greg Hall
- ↑ "GREG HALL's Career". Racing and Sports. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
- ↑ Nicholas Hall
- ↑ "Ride to Win" (PDF). Melbourne Books. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
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