{{Short description|Canadian jockey (1949–2014)}} {{Infobox horseracing personality |image= <!-- only free-content images are allowed for depicting living people - see WP:NONFREE --> | |name = Brian Swatuk ||caption = |occupation = Jockey |birth_date = {{birth date|1949|07|9|df=yes}} |birth_place = Toronto, Ontario, Canada |death_date = {{death date and age|2014|12|13|1949|07|9|df=yes}} |death_place = Ontario, Canada |career wins = 1,679 <ref name="HC"/> |race = Queen's Plate (1979)<br>Prince of Wales Stakes (1987)<br>Breeders' Stakes (1985)<br>E. P. Taylor Stakes (1979)<br>Canadian Stakes (1970, 1978, 1979)<br>Maple Leaf Stakes (1969, 1975, 1982, 1983, 1984)<br>Princess Elizabeth Stakes (1968, 1978, 1990)<br>King Edward Stakes (1981, 1985)<br>Nearctic Stakes (1982, 1990)<br>Woodbine Oaks (1982)<br>Coronation Futurity Stakes (1990)<br>Cup and Saucer Stakes (1990)<br>Summer Stakes (1990) |awards = |honours = |horses = Steady Growth<br>Rainbows for Life |updated = }} '''Brian Swatuk''' (9 July 1949<ref name="HC">[http://www.horse-canada.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/swatuk12142014.jpg Profile] at horse-canada.com, retrieved 20 December 2014</ref> – 13 December 2014) was a Canadian jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing. He won several Canadian classics, most notably the Queen's Plate in 1979, and the Prince of Wales Stakes in 1987. Swatuk died from cancer on 13 December 2014 in an Ontario hospice. He was 65.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.drf.com/news/former-canadian-jockey-swatuk-dies-65 |title=Canadian former jockey Swatuk dies at 65|publisher=drf.com |date=20 December 2014 |accessdate=20 December 2014}}</ref>
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