Samantha Martin

12 Jun 2024

Samantha Martin is a nineteen-year-old horse racing writer and content creator, who balances her involvement in the racing industry with a History degree at the University of Oxford. Inspired by watching racing with her grandad as a child, she started writing for an Under-18s’horse racing website called Rein It In Racing, aged twelve. This opened many doors, including to podcasting and radio. In March 2021, Samantha joined the team at Careers In Racing as a Content Creator and takes an active role in their Youth Collaboration Group, all with the aim of highlighting the multitude of opportunities available to young people in this sport. 2024 has been a big year for Samantha as she reported on the Cheltenham Festival for national newspaper The Times. She strongly believes that horse racing can enrich the lives of young people.