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“As you get older, your reflexes slow down. But because it takes so many years to understand how to train horses, the experience you gain counts for a lot.”
Instead, Martin has channeled his competitive energy into becoming one of the world’s most accomplished equestrian athletes. At last summer’s
Pan American Games in Peru, in the middle of an up-and-down year that included a broken collarbone, a hip-muscle tear and a broken pelvis, he won the stadium-jumping gold medal and was part of the American team that took the gold. He also logged wins at the Devon Horse
Show and was second at the Kentucky Three Day Event (where riders participate in dressage, jumping and cross-country).
Now 40, Martin has competed around the world, and his record is filled with wins and medals. Not bad for a kid who couldn’t sit still in class. The best part of it all is that Martin might just be on the precipice of his prime in the sport. “As you get older, your reflexes slow down. But
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