Racehorse trainer who was the son of a West-Country bookmaker and won the 1994 Grand National with Miinnehoma.
He worked as a jockey and became a trainer in 1974 at near Wellington, England.
He became a 15-time Champion Trainer with jockeys David Bridgwater, Peter Scudamore, Richard Dunwoody, and Tony McCoy.
In 2009, the Cheltenham Festival created the Martin Pipe Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle.
His son David trained his horse Gaspara, which won the 2007 Fred Winter Hurdle.