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- ↑ Royal Ascot trailblazer Paul Perry content to be firing on home soil for now as he builds toward career-best season Daily Telegraph 17 June 2016
- ↑ Choisir triumphs at the double Sydney Morning Herald 22 June 2003
- ↑ Champagne Perry caps it for the invaders The Independent
- ↑ Paul Perry Racing & Sports
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