Eurico Rosa da Silva

Eurico Rosa da Silva
Eurico Rosa da Silva at Woodbine, June 2012
Occupation	Jockey
Born	June 29, 1975 Buri, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Career wins	1700+ (ongoing)
Major racing wins
Grande Prêmio Derby Paulista (1994) Dance Smartly Stakes (2004) Ontario Fashion Stakes (2005) Bessarabian Stakes (2007) Ontario Derby (2007, 2013) Bold Venture Stakes (2008, 2009) Hendrie Stakes (2008) Kentucky Cup Distaff Stakes (2008) Kentucky Cup Sprint Stakes (2008) Nassau Stakes (2008, 2017) New Providence Stakes (2008) Royal North Stakes (2008) Whimsical Stakes (2008, 2017) Summer Stakes (2008) Plate Trial Stakes (2009) Phoenix Stakes (2009) Mazarine Stakes (2009) Display Stakes (2009) Jammed Lovely Stakes (2009) Star Shoot Stakes (2010) Northern Dancer Turf Stakes (2013) Canadian Classic Race wins: Queen's Plate (2009, 2010) Breeders' Stakes (2013) Woodbine Oaks (2016)

Eurico Rosa da Silva (born June 29, 1975 in Buri, São Paulo, Brazil) is a jockey based in Canada who competes in North American Thoroughbred horse racing.

Silva raced for five years in his native Brazil and another four years in Macau before coming to Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario. A winner of seven hundred plus races, since coming to North America he has won more than one hundred and fifty races. As at September 27, 2008 he ranks sixth in wins and fifth in earnings at Woodbine and notably won two Graded stakes races at Turfway Park in Florence, Kentucky and will likely ride those winners in October's Breeders' Cup. He got his big break in 2009 when he won the Queen's Plate, and won that race again in 2010. In 2016, he won the Woodbine Oaks, riding Neshama.

References

• Eurico Rosa Da Silva at Woodbine Entertainment
• Eurico Rosa Da Silva's Personal website

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