Racing Career
As a two-year-old, Martial showed promise when winning a race at the Curragh and then traveling to England to contest the Coventry Stakes at Royal Ascot. Martial won the race but was badly jarred by running on the exceptionally firm ground and did not race again that season.
Martial's ealy form in 1960 was not impressive. He finished unplaced in a race at Phoenix Park and then ran second in the Classic Trial at Thirsk. In the 2000 Guineas at Newmarket Racecourse, Martial' ridden by the Australian jockey Ron Hutchinson, started an 18/1 outsider in a field of seventeen runners. The field split into two groups across the wide Rowley Mile course and in the final furlong Martial and the French-trained colt Venture broke clear of their respective groups to dispute the finish. Martial won by a head, becoming the first Irish-trained colt to win the race in its 152-year history. After the 2000 Guineas, Martial had training problems and ran only once more. In July at Goodwood, Martial finished second to Venture in the Sussex Stakes when carrying six pounds more than the winner.
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