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- ↑ Horace A. Laffaye, Polo in the United States: A History, Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Co., 2011, p. 312
- ↑ Christina de Nicola, Sand polo on Miami Beach, The Miami Herald , April 25, 2013
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