[3] At the age of 28, a horse riding accident led to her fibula splitting and crushing into the bottom of her foot and a fall six weeks later caused further damage to her leg.

[3] Martin in December 2019 was injured when her horse First Famous fell and landed on top of her and this resulted in multiple fractures to her pelvis, pubic bone and spine.

[4] She underwent two operations, which included inserting steel plates across her sacrum, spine and pelvis.

[2] Martin's heritage is in the equestrian world as she grew up in a family of Australian Stock Horse breeders in Scone.

In her youth, she competed in eventing, polocrosse, showjumping and dressage and trained under the guidance of Rozzie and Olympian Heath Ryan.