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Photograph or image of Flying Fox: Flying Fox (1896–1911) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 1899 English Triple Crown.

Pet Garden

Flying Fox

A Memory Realm virtual pet garden honoring Flying Fox, remembered for Racehorse, Triple Crown, Thoroughbred history.

1896 - 1911Newmarket, England, United Kingdom
Photograph or image of Flying Fox: Racehorses No.11: Caricature of Flying Fox , champion racehorse.. Caption reads: "Flying Fox"
Racehorses No.11: Caricature of Flying Fox , champion racehorse.. Caption reads: "Flying Fox" Thomas Percy Earl, Vanity Fair , 1 December 1909 Digitised version from : eBay, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Why Flying Fox Is Remembered

Flying Fox is remembered for racehorse, triple crown, thoroughbred history. This public page gives visitors a concise starting point for understanding why this horse remains part of animal, cultural, scientific, or public memory.

The page is designed as an accessible introduction rather than an exhaustive account, with source links and image credits kept visible for further reading.

A Virtual Pet Garden in Memory Realm

This Memory Realm pet garden turns a map reference into a virtual place for discovery. Visitors can move from the public page to the map and then into a 3D pet garden connected to Flying Fox.

The place is part of Memory Realm's virtual layer. It is not a physical marker and does not claim rights, control, access, endorsement, or affiliation connected to a real-world site.

Place Context

Newmarket, England, United Kingdom is used as a broad spatial reference for this pet garden because it is connected to Flying Fox's story, memory, or public legacy. The location is intentionally city-level or region-level so the page can provide orientation without implying a claim over a specific property or institution.

Historical Context

Pteropus is a genus of megabats which are among the largest bats in the world. They are commonly known as fruit bats or flying foxes, among other colloquial names. They live in South Asia, Southeast Asia, Australia, East Africa, and some oceanic islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. There are at least 60 extant species in the genus.

Memory Realm presents this context for educational discovery and remembrance, with public source links and media attribution preserved alongside the page content.

Photos

Photograph or image of Flying Fox: Holocauste and Flying Fox in the paddock of the 1899 Epsom Derby (Epsom Downs, 31 May).

Holocauste and Flying Fox in the paddock of the 1899 Epsom Derby (Epsom Downs, 31 May).

Unknown author Unknown author, This file comes from Gallica Digital Library and is available under the digital ID bpt6k65792084/f369, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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