Background
Jose Martin was the son of United States. Racing Hall of Fame trainer Frank "Pancho" Martin.
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Career
He was also the father of trainer Carlos Martin. A native of Havana, Cuba, Jose Martin came to the United in 1960 where his father was training horses. During the years learning the business from his father, he was away for two years, serving with the 82nd Airborne Division of United States Army.
After being discharged, in 1967 he went out on his as a licensed Thoroughbred trainer.
Diagnosed with lung cancer in 2001, on November 22, 2006 Jose Martin died at the North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset, New New York
Achievements
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In 1977, Jose Martin trained his first Eclipse Award winner when Lakeville Mission was voted American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly. He got his second with Wayward Lass in 1981 when she was American Champion Three-Year-Old Filly and his last with Groovy who, as at 2011, is the last horse to break the 130 Beyer Speed Figure having accomplished that milestone with 131 and 134 ratings in 1987 en route to be voted that year"s American Champion Sprint Horse.
