Martin D. Wolfson

Martin "Marty" D. Wolfson (born August 3, 1951) is an American trainer of racehorses who began his professional training career in the early 1970s.

Early life He is the son of Louis Wolfson, owner of Florida's Harbor View Farm who won the U.S. Triple Crown in 1978 with two-time American Horse of the Year, Affirmed. He spent a large part of his childhood on the family horse farm near Ocala in Marion County, Florida. He is the youngest of four siblings.

Early career Wolfson received his horse-training license when he was 18 years old, and began training with a few of his father's horses at Calder Race Course in Miami Gardens, Florida. where he is a Calder Hall of Fame inductee. Wolfson conditioned horses for his father as well as Mike Pegram, and Edmund Gann, as well as John Franks and Fred Hooper.

In 2006, a horse he trained, Miesque's Approval, won the Breeders' Cup Mile.

Wolfson earned over $53.6 million in purses during his career. He realized 1,682 wins from 9,059 starts. His best year was 2009 in which he won 67 races of 275 starts, earning $4.2 million.

Personal life At age 21 he married his high school sweetheart, but divorced after a year and a half. He was married to Karla for 35 years, separating in 2011.

Wolfson was featured nude in the November 1978 issue of Playgirl magazine.