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- ↑ "Condensed History Of The Juvenile Stakes (1874–1908)". Daily Racing Form. 1909-05-15. Retrieved 2019-11-22– via University of Kentucky Archives.
- ↑ "Jerome Park, Third Day of the Spring Meeting". New York Times . 1874-06-14. p. 12. Retrieved 2019-09-22.
- ↑ "Jerome Park's Opening; French Park and Fides Run a Dead Heat for the Juvenile". New York Times. 1888-05-30. Retrieved 2019-11-21.
- ↑ "Belmont Park Form Chart". Daily Racing Form. 1919-05-31. Retrieved 2019-11-27– via University of Kentucky Archives.
- ↑ "Admiral's Voyage Victor in Carter". New York Times. 1963-05-05. Section Sports, Page 2 (204). Retrieved 2019-11-20.
- ↑ "Raise a Native, 2 to 5, Ties Aqueduct 5-Furlong Mark in Taking Juvenile". New York Times. 1963-06-01. Section Sports, page 39. Retrieved 2019-11-20.