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- ↑ "Sir Archy". www.tbheritage.com. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
- ↑ "Diomed". www.tbheritage.com. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
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- 1 2 Rosenwald, Michael S. "Before Justify, there was Eclipse and a horse-racing war between North and South". Washington Post.
- ↑ "James J. Harrison challenges Van Ranst to run Eclipse against Sir Charles at Washington". The Evening Post. 12 October 1822. p. 2. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
- ↑ Peters, Anne; Erigero, Patricia. "Leading Sires of America". www.tbheritage.com. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
- ↑ "Thoroughbred Bloodlines Sire Lines Byerley Turk King Herod". www.bloodlines.net. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
- ↑ Herod Sire Line
- ↑ Portraits: Sir Charles
- ↑ Studbook: Early W