Martin Collins worked with horses from a very early age and was riding in adult show jumping classes at age 15 in the UK. He worked and trained for ‘legend’ UK showjumping trainer, Dick Stilwell and later trained his own grade A jumpers, together with those owned by clients. Following this, in order to subsidize his riding, he trained and worked in underpinning and technical building work for leading UK companies.

After more than 7 years of early experimentation, Martin developed the Pacemaker riding surface; yet never one to rest on his laurels, he continued to research how recycled products could be used to improve synthetic-based riding surfaces. Eventually, he formulated the cost effective, sophisticated and successful surfaces of today.

Martin believes that horses will perform better on a synthetic surface that replicates the attributes of good turf and remains fully committed to the future of the industry. He is respected worldwide and often appears as an invited speaker at equine conferences. His aim is to continue to manufacture the best synthetic surfaces in the world, which allow the horse to work to the best of its ability with the least risk of injury.