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Sly Fox (foaled 1895 in Maryland) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse best known for winning the 1898 Preakness Stakes. He was bred by U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee Wyndham Walden at his Bowling Brook Stud in Middleburg Maryland. A son of Silver Fox whose English sire was the 1883 Epsom Derby winner St. Blaise he was out of the mare Asteria.Sly Fox was owned and raced by Charles Dwyer the eldest son of prominent New York City horseman Mike Dwyer.