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- ↑ Katherine Fidler (5 November 2013). "Meon Valley Stud founder Weinfeld dies". Racing Post .
- 1 2 Chris McGrath (7 January 2016). "Meon Valley Stud Continues to Build on Solid Foundations". Thoroughbred Daily News.
- 1 2 3 Timeform staff (1979). Racehorses of 1978. Timeform. ISBN 0-900599-27-8.
- 1 2 3 Timeform staff (1980). Racehorses of 1979. Timeform. ISBN 0-900599-29-4.
- ↑ "One in a Million profile". meonvalleystud.co.uk. Archived from the original on 20 December 2013. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
- ↑ "Meon Valley Matriarch REPROCOLOR dies". www.summerhill.co.za. 15 August 2008.