Hugo Dittfach

Hugo Dittfach II
OccupationJockey, Trainer
Born(1936-09-20)20 September 1936
Leer, Ostfriesland,
Nazi Germany
Died1 November 2021(2021-11-01) (aged 85)
Beaverton, Ontario, Canada
Career wins4,000
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

Hugo Dittfach (20 September 1936 โ€“ 1 November 2021) was a Canadian jockey. Dittfach survived three years as a boy in a Russian concentration camp during 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.


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