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- ↑ "Spinaway". New York Racing Association. 2020-08-16. Retrieved 2020-08-16.
- ↑ "Spinaway Stakes". NYRA. 1942-06-27. Retrieved 2019-07-19.
- ↑ Scott, Jeff. "Sweet Loretta, Pretty City Dancer dead heat in Spinaway at Saratoga". saratogian.com. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
- ↑ The American Racing Manual