Jockey Eurico Rosa da Silva celebrated a major sports achievement as he broke the long-standing record for most wins at a Woodbine meet on Saturday at the Toronto racetrack.
Da Silva earned his 222nd victory this season to break the previous record of 221 that was established by Mickey Walls at the Woodbine meet in 1991.
The 43-year-old reinsman earned the record-breaking victory in the 10th race aboard two-year-old filly Souciologist, trained by Kevin Attard and owned by Al and Bill Ulwelling. Da Silva maneuvered the maiden-breaking daughter of Gemologist through the 10-horse field and drew off in deep stretch to score the 1-3/4 length victory in a final time of 1:25.33 for seven furlongs.