Woobine jockey Eurico Rosa da Silva has tough act to follow in 2019
TORONTO — Jockey Eurico Rosa da Silva has a tough act to follow in 2019.
His own.
The 43-year-old Brazilian registered a record 237 wins at Woodbine Racetrack last year. He easily eclipsed the previous mark of 221 set by Mickey Walls in 1991 despite missing the first six days of the ’18 meet.
The two-time Queen’s Plate winner (Eye of the Leopard in 2009, Big Red Mike in ’10) has cracked the 200-win plateau four straight years. In 2017, he was named Canada’s top jockey after registering 203 victories, including 42-1 longshot Bullards Alley in the $800,000 Canadian International turf event.