Hugo Dittfach

Personal information
Born	20 September 1936; Leer, Ostfriesland,; Nazi Germany
Died	1 November 2021 (aged 85); Beaverton, Ontario, Canada
Occupation(s)	Jockey, Trainer
Horse racing career
Sport	Horse racing
Career wins	4,000
Major racing wins
	Canadian Classic Race wins:; Queen's Plate (1961); Prince of Wales Stakes; (1960, 1962, 1963, 1966, 1967); Breeders' Stakes (1958)
Racing awards
	Canadian Champion Jockey by Wins (1965); Sovereign Award for Outstanding Jockey (1975); Avelino Gomez Memorial Award (1991)
Honours
	Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame (1983); Halton Hills Sports Museum Hall of Fame (2017)
Significant horses
	Anita's Son, Blue Light, Wonder Where
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Hugo Dittfach (20 September 1936 – 1 November 2021) was a Canadian jockey.^[1] Dittfach survived three years as a boy in a Soviet internment camp in Poland during and after World War II and went on to become a National Champion Thoroughbred racing jockey in Canada where he would be inducted into the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame in 1983 and the Halton Hills Sports Museum Hall of Fame in 2017.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

References

^ Hall of Fame Jockey Hugo Dittfach Passes Away
^ "Remembering "Hustlin" Hugo Dittfach's epic journey: From Concentration Camp to Leading Jockey". Assiniboia Downs - ASD History. 17 May 2018. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
^ "Thoroughbred Meet Leaders" (PDF). Daily Racing Form at University of Kentucky Archives. 20 April 2018. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
^ "Hugo Dittfach". Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame. 15 December 1983. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
^ "Halton Hills Sports Hall of Fame welcomes five new inductees for 2017". Metroland Media Group Ltd. 26 April 2017. Retrieved 12 December 2018.

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