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- ↑ Pot O'Luck's pedigree and partial racing stats
- ↑ New York Times - October 8, 1944
- ↑ Palm Beach Post - November 19, 1944
- ↑ International Museum of the Horse website - Calumet Farm: Five Decades of Champions
- ↑ The Wilmington, Delaware Sunday Morning Star - June 10, 1945
- ↑ Chicago Daily Tribune - July 15, 1945
- ↑ New York Times - September 23, 1945
- ↑ September 23, 1945
- ↑ New York Times - September 28, 1945
- ↑ Milwaukee Journal - June 14, 1947