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- 1 2 "Knight's Choice". www.racing.com. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
- 1 2 "Knight's Choice horse profile, breeding, statistics, form guide and news". www.breednet.com.au. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
- ↑ Reading, Kristy; Craig, Haley; Webster, Lara (6 November 2024). "How Knight's Choice went from Walcha to winning a Melbourne Cup". ABC News . Retrieved 6 November 2024.
- ↑ "The complete Melbourne Cup finishing order from first to last". ABC News. 5 November 2024. Retrieved 5 November 2024.