Overview
Sir Dixon (1885-1909) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse best known for winning the 1888 Belmont Stakes.
Background
Sir Dixon was bred by Ezekiel F. Clay and Catesby Woodford at Runnymede Farm in Kentucky. His sire was Billet, an English stakes winner, and his dam was Jaconet, a daughter of leading sire Leamington and a full sister to the 1879 Preakness Stakes winner Harold and Iroquois, who had a successful racing career in England. Sir Dixon was sold at some point to Green B. Morris.
Racing career
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