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| Frank "Pancho" Martin | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Trainer |
| Born | December 3, 1925 Cuba |
| Died | July 18, 2012 (aged 86)[1] |
| Career wins | 3,284 |
| Major racing wins | |
| Wood Memorial Stakes (1959, 1974) Display Handicap (1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1978) Brooklyn Handicap (1971) Discovery Handicap (1971, 1974) Manhattan Handicap (1971) Tremont Stakes (1971) Suburban Handicap (1972) Jockey Club Gold Cup (1972) Santa Anita Derby (1973) Santa Anita Handicap (1974) Gotham Stakes (1974) Toboggan Handicap (1977, 1998) Bay Shore Stakes (1978) Morven Stakes (1980) Massachusetts Handicap (1980) Whirlaway Stakes (1998) Breeders' Cup wins: Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (1984) | |
| Racing awards | |
| U. S. Champion Thoroughbred Trainer by earnings (1974) | |
| Honours | |
| National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame (1981) | |
| Significant horses | |
| Autobiography, Sham, Knightly Dawn, Rube the Great, Accipiter, Outstandingly | |
Frank "Pancho" Martin (December 3, 1925 – July 18, 2012) was a United States' Hall of Fame trainer of Thoroughbred racehorses.[2] He is often remembered as the trainer of Sham, the horse that placed second to Secretariat in two legs of the 1973 U. S. Triple Crown series. Martin was the racing industry's leading purse winner in 1974 and the leading trainer in New York state from 1973 to 1982.
- ^ "Hall of Fame trainer Martin dies". Chicago Tribune. 19 July 2012. Retrieved 19 July 2012.
- ^ "Hall of Fame". National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame.