M Hill – The Trainer

[graysonscolumn]

Further Martin Hill details;

– he was the trainer of the very wonderful and sadly-missed Ei Ei when he won a Stratford selling hurdle exactly six years ago (16/7/01), the race out of which Michael Chapman bought him,

– he was also the original trainer of Jack Martin (including when placed in a Grade 2 bumper) before selling him to Steve Gollings,

– he was a permit-holder in his original incarnation, during which wins were also garnered by the likes of Sandoran (three hurdles in one season) and Megazine, both home-breds,

– he was a publican and building merchant back then, and may still be; racing was an aside,

– he appears not to be the same Martin Hill who rode winners for the likes of Malcolm Jefferson in the late 1980s,

– a short-lived venture with the late Edward Retter, formerly trainer of Integration in the mid-80s, saw Kaki Crazy run as owner-trained by Retter (he certainly appeared as such when contesting the 2003 Summer Plate), although Hill was doing most of the actual training.

Jeremy
(graysonscolumn)

Jeremy Grayson. Son of immigrant. Adoptive father of two. Metadata librarian. Freelance point-to-point / horse racing writer, analyst and commentator wonk. Loves music, buses, cats, the BBC Micro, ale. Advocate of CBT, PACE and therapeutic parenting. Aspergers.

[Alderbrook]

Good old Ei Ei. A thoroughly wonderful horse and greatly missed.

Thanks for your contribution Jeremy.

[davidjohnson]

Drum Dance looks the latest horse he’s got off Nigel Tinkler that will be winning races before too long judged by that performance at Kempton. I have every sympathy for anyone that backed that horse there. Woeful jockeyship, even for a 7 lb claimer.

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