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- ↑ "Flying Heels Wins As Hialeah Opens". New York Times, Section Sports, page 27. 1932-01-15. Retrieved 2020-06-04.
- ↑ "Flying Heels Victor in Hialeah Inaugural: Vander Pool". Daily Racing Form at University of Kentucky Archives. 1932-01-15. Retrieved 2020-10-08.
- ↑ "Irish Trainers Visit Ends: Captain Cecil Boyd-Rochfort Praises Widener and Hialeah Park". Daily Racing Form at University of Kentucky Archives. 1932-02-17. Retrieved 2020-06-04.
- ↑ "Citation unmatched for 25 years". ESPN Classic. 2003-11-19. Retrieved 2020-07-14.
- ↑ "Kelso Romps To Easy Victory In Hialeah Seminole Handicap". The Pittsburgh Press, page 65. 1963-02-10. Retrieved 2020-07-13.
- ↑ "Pleasure Foolish and Forgone". Sports Illustrated Vault. 1975-02-24. Retrieved 2020-07-14.
- ↑ "Fappie's Notebook takes Seminole Handicap". The Palm Beach Post, page 90. 2001-04-16. Retrieved 2020-07-14.
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