Carlos F. Martin

Carlos Martin is a third-generation horseman who trained Grade 1 winner Buy the Firm in the 1990s. Martin won the Grade 2 Ruffian Stakes, Grade 1 Ketel One Ballerina Stakes, the Grade 2 Gallant Bloom Handicap with Come Dancing in 2019 as she emerged as an elite female sprinter.

Martin's father, Jose, was the trainer of wickedly fast, record-setting sprinter Groovy, the 1987 Eclipse Award winner as champion sprinter. Carlos Martin's grandfather is Hall of Fame trainer Frank “Pancho” Martin.