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- ↑ "Swiss Skydiver Goes Gate To Wire In Grade II, $200,000 Santa Anita Oaks" . Retrieved 9 January 2020.
- ↑ "Speech springs upset in Ashland Stakes at Keeneland, qualifies for Kentucky Oaks" . Retrieved 9 January 2020.
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