[4] Morkis's brother, Charles Sarkis, founded Back Bay Restaurant Group and owned Wonderland Greyhound Park.

[9] Some of Dorothy's coaching was provided by Ernest Bachinger of Vienna, while he was an instructor at the Spanish Riding School in 1972, and by former Olympic rider Jessica Newberry Ransehousen.

[11] Dorothy competed in the July 1978 World Championships in Goodwood, England, once again aboard her white German-bred Hanoverian mount Monaco, impressively placing fifth in individual dressage, but did not medal.

[12] Dorothy stabled her prize mount Monaco at White Horse Farms in Raynham, Massachusetts.

[13] Taking a long break from competition after 1977, Morkis was active again in high level dressage competition at the age of 38 in 1981 aboard "Pandur" al known as Puff in May, taking a blue ribbon in Fourth Level Test 1 and she also rode Briensbridge or Frankie that year who belonged to a friend.

[16] She placed second aboard her mount Wandi in the Federation Equestre Intermediare 1 Freestyle Dressage Competition in Lexington, Virginia in early May 1989.

Dorothy became adept at instructing students how to distribute their weight properly, how to apply foot and leg pressure to their horse's sides, and how to use the reigns.