Former horse trainer honored at Ellis Park

HENDERSON, Ky (WEHT) – The family of Wayne Martin gathered at Ellis Park to spread his ashes following his 50-year career in the horse racing industry.

Martin was a trainer, and along with his wife, former jockey Sue Martin the couple traveled across the country racing in Montana, New York, Michigan and Florida.

“Wayne and I met she married in 1973,” says Sue.  “He had trained a little girl a few years before that so that when our first race at Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, in 1973 and we raced all the way up to, about 2019…

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