Tim Martin (23/04/1969) grew up with horses. From an early age Tim was competing in rodeo's, pony club and agricultural shows.

Tim's Uncle Ron Martin was a leading trainer in Hunter & North West New South Wales for 30 years. From the age of 10, Tim worked in his

Uncle's stable and even started riding track work. Tim knew from an early age that his passion was racing.

At the age of 15; Tim left school to take over the running of his Uncle Ron's stable. Ron suffered a severe stroke and therefore had to reduce his team of horses to a manageable size for his young nephew Tim.

Six months later Uncle Ron was on the improve and Tim was keen to get to Sydney as opposed to returning to school.

First stop was the Les Bridge stable at Randwick where Tim worked with turf legends such as Sir Dapper, Drawn, Row of Waves and Melbourne Cup winner Kensai. The stable was at an all time high running 3rd on the Sydney Premiership during the 2 years that Tim worked there.

From there Tim moved to the great Tommy Smith yard, where he spent valuable time breaking in leading 2 year olds such as:

• Star Watch ( Golden Slipper Winner )
• Comely Girl ( Second to Star Watch in 1988 Golden Slipper

1988:Tim returned to Walcha and started training for himself. With a small team of 3 horses, Tim's first ever runner was a winner at Armidale; a filly named Arogen Mist. With only 3 horses in work; Tim spent plenty of time breaking in and working as a farrier in the local district to supplement his income.

With increasing success Tim moved to Tamworth in 1992 and within 5 years became the leading Hunter and North West New South Wales trainer. With a full stable at Tamworth and 4 consecutive premiership wins Tim decided to open a Sydney Stable.

Since his arrival in Sydney 5 years ago Tim has gone from strength to strength, being ranked in the top 10 trainers each year.

In the 2004-05 season Tim was 7^th on the Sydney premiership table with 27 winners and an impressive winning strike rate of 4.2; equally the best strike rate in Sydney for that season.

Training highlights include Exceed and Excel – 1^st in the Group 1 MRC Dubai Cup and Group 1 VRC Newmarket Handicap; Stormhill – 1^st in the Group 3 Kingston Town Stakes at Rosehill, 1^st in the Group 3 Grafton Cup and Group 2 Shannon Stakes; This Manshood with back to back Listed Festival Handicaps and the Group 3 Hawkesbury Cup; Oh Oklahoma – 2^nd in the Group 1 Rosehill Guineas and 3^rd in the Group 3 Randwick Plate and Gonski – 1^st in the Listed Concept Stakes at Flemington. This season highlights have been Murtajill – 1^st in the Listed Breeders Stakes and the Group 3 Skyline Stakes and Behind; 2^nd in the Listed Blue Diamond Preview and 3^rd in the Group 3 Blue Diamond Prelude – her first two starts, and Raheeb with 3 close seconds in Stakes races, 2 behind superstar Reigning To Win.