Martello
Towers - Australian race horse
Martello
Towers was foaled in 1956 and was by Gaekwar's Pride out
of the mare Nidhauli (by Nizami)
Trained
by Peter Dawson, he won the "Triple Crown" in
1959 when he won the Canterbury Guineas, Rosehill Guineas
and Australian
Derby in 1959 as a flashy grey three year old. (Octagonal
did the same in 1996)
A
courageous front runner, he also won the Hobartville
Stakes in 1959, the George
Main Stakes in 1961 (trained by T J Smith).
He
was ridden in a great many of his wins by George Podmore.
In
his career he had 37 starts for 11 wins, 8 seconds and
4 thirds and rang up $44806 in prize money.
He
was retired in 1962, was purchased by Mrs Dot Parry, and
stood at Perringa Stud in Western Australia for a fee
of 5000 guineas (about $11500). His offspring included
Kendor, Fine Marty and Santa Martell.
