Eurico Rosa da Silva

Canadian Triple Crown wins:Queen's Plate (2009, 2010)Breeders' Stakes (2013)Eurico Rosa da Silva (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.

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.

[3][4] For his significant contributions to the sport of Thoroughbred racing, Eurico Rosa da Silva was the 2021 recipient of the Avelino Gomez Memorial Award.

[5] On December 1, 2020, Eurico Rosa da Silva's autobiography titled "Riding for Freedom" was published.

The book, containing what TSN described as having "many shocking revelations," recounts his rise to the top levels of Thoroughbred racing while struggling with the effects of a verbally abusive and negligent father which had at times led him to the brink of taking his own life.