Sir Martin

Sir Martin
Sir Martin in 1908 as a two-year-old.
Sire	Ogden
Grandsire	Kilwarlin
Dam	Lady Sterling
Damsire	Hanover
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	1906
Country	United States
Colour	Chestnut
Breeder	John E. Madden
Owner	1) John E. Madden (1906-1908) 2) Louis Winans (1908-1920) 3) John E. Madden (1920-1930)
Trainer	1) John E. Madden (1907-1908) 2) Joseph Cannon (1909-1912)
Record	13: 8-4-0 (US), 19: 5-0-1 (UK)
Earnings	$78,560 (US)
Major wins
National Stallion Stakes (1908) Great American Stakes (1908) Great Trial Stakes (1908) Double Event (1908) Saratoga Special (1908) Flatbush Stakes (1908) International race wins: Wednesday Welter Handicap (1909) Challenge Stakes (1909) Durham Stakes (1909) Coronation Cup (1910) Ellesmere Handicap (1913)
Awards
American Champion Two-Year-Old Colt (1908)

Sir Martin (1906–1930) was a Thoroughbred racehorse that was foaled in 1906 in Lexington, Kentucky at Hamburg Place, the stud farm of noted turfman and horse trainer John E. Madden. Sir Martin was a half brother to the first Triple Crown winner Sir Barton, and he raced in the United States, Great Britain and France. Sir Martin was the betting favorite for the 1909 Epsom Derby, but stumbled and threw his jockey at the Tattenham Corner turn, allowing King Edward VII's horse Minoru to win.

Sir Martin was sired by the imported British stallion, Ogden, who had been imported as a foal with his dam Oriole to Marcus Daly's Bitteroot Farm in Montana. Ogden was purchased by John Madden in 1901 and stood at Hamburg Place Stud in Lexington, Kentucky. Sir Martin's dam Lady Sterling was a daughter of Hanover and was also the dam of Sir Barton. Sir Martin inherited the deep chestnut coloring of his damsire, Hanover, and had a prominent white blaze on his fore head and one white sock on his left hind foot.

John Madden retained ownership of Sir Martin throughout his two-year-old season in the United States and was also his principal trainer during this time. Sir Martin was a promising two-year-old, winning the 1908 Great American Stakes and Flatbush Stakes at Saratoga for Madden. Sir Martin was the top male two-year-old earner of 1908 based on purse winnings of $78,560 and was consequently named as the historical American Champion Two-Year-Old Colt of 1908. Madden sold Sir Martin at the end of the 1908 racing season for $70,000 to Louis Winans, a Scotsman that Madden had sold several horses to previously and who had interests in European Thoroughbred racing.