Silvestre De Sousa was born on 31st December 1980, within São Francisco do Maranhão in Brazil. He’s a widely feted Brazilian jockey who lives in the United Kingdom. Silvestre De Sousa has had much success in racing despite it being a belated career choice. The influential jockey didn’t sit on a horse until the age of 17. Although he joined the racing world as a young adult, he surpassed the achievements of many long-trained contemporaries.
As a young rider, the trailblazer spent a perid of time as an apprentice at Cidade Jardim horse training sporting facility. It is here that Fausto Dursohelped De Sousa to his present racing glory. Initially, it only took Durso’s casual remark that the would-be protege had an excellent build for a jockey, to spur him on.
According to details from his tutelage days, De Sousa has been quoted as saying that his initial training as a jockey was riddled with numerous and significant challenges. For example, it took the champion about six months to achieve the milestone of a successful maiden ride. Nonetheless, all this admirable determination would soon pay off a little over a year later.
Ever since that breakthrough, De Sousa has gone frrom strength to strength, and is talked of in many quarters as among the century’s most exemplary horse handlers and jockeys. The South American racetrack luminary has ridden well over 160 winners so far. While not as award-decorated as some other established predecessors and contemporaries, De Sousa has cemented a lasting imprint in the annals of racing history as one of the seasoned riders the world has ever seen.
