Eurico Rosa da Silva

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	2286
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); South Ocean Stakes (2008, 2016); 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); Woodbine Oaks (2016 - 2018) ; Canadian International Stakes (2017); Woodbine Mile Stakes (2019) Canadian Triple Crown wins:; Queen's Plate (2009, 2010); Breeders' Stakes (2013)
Racing awards
	Sovereign Award for Outstanding Jockey; (2010, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)
Honours
	Avelino Gomez Memorial Award (2021)
Significant horses
	Big Red Mike, Bullards Alley, El Tormenta,; Eye of the Leopard, Up With The Birds, Pink Lloyd, Dixie Moon, Melmich, Pumpkin Rumble, Moonlit Promise

Eurico Rosa da Silva (Portuguese: [ewˈriku ˈʁɔzɐ daˈsiwvɐ]; born June 29, 1975, in Buri, São Paulo, Brazil) is a retired Thoroughbred racing jockey who raced for five years in his native Brazil and another four years in Macau before coming to Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario. While based in Canada, he also won races in the United States.

Silva got his first Canadian Triple Crown win in 2009 when he rode Eye of the Leopard to victory in the Queen's Plate, and won that race again in 2010 aboard Big Red Mike. Among his other successes, in 2016 he won the Woodbine Oaks, riding Neshama. In 2017, he won the Canadian International Stakes riding Bullards Alley. In 2019, he won the Woodbine Mile with El Tormenta.

Eurico Rosa da Silva retired at the end of the 2019 racing season having won 2,286 races. Six times he was voted the Sovereign Award for Canada's Outstanding Jockey. He received the award for a seventh time in 2019.

For his significant contributions to the sport of Thoroughbred racing, Eurico Rosa da Silva was the 2021 recipient of the Avelino Gomez Memorial Award.