pilli 81 Report post Posted June 21, 2020 Sad News broke today that highly respected Northern Trainer Steve Clark had passed away suddenly. Steve had a lifetime association in The Greyhound Code,harking back to Kumeu Days during the 1970's. After mixing his business career & greyhounds as hobby,The New Millennium saw Steve get serious & devote all his time to building up a strong Racing Team. From his Dairy Flat Kennel,alongside partner Kathy,he tasted Group One success for the first time in time honoured Waterloo Cup 2008 with Magic Spike,They also combined to win NZ Shootout in same year Steve enjoyed mass publicity due to deeds of star stayer Swift Fantasy,a dual Group One winner in Silver Collar 2010,and NZ Stayers Cup 2011. A rare Group One Quinella followed in 2012 NZ Derby,with a litter he bred and reared seeing Grizz and Peking Tom starring. Another home bred Blitzing Mayhem gave Steve his first NZ Cup victory in 2014,a celebration lasted long into the night next day at Sefton Arms.(thanks Steve) Recent years saw a change in property and downsizing his team,but another quality hound gave Steve his second NZ Cup on mantelpiece with Pinny Mack in 2019. Ironically,Pinny Mack was favourite today at Manukau In The Peter Earley Classic,his final race in a stellar broadcasting career.However,like Steve,his runners never made it to the start'. Thanks Steve for the many trips to the races,and thrills galore helping with your runners on the track. Condolences to your Daughters, Grandkids ,and Kathy. Gary Sharp, nzhorseracing, MiniJax and 2 others 3 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Everton 150 Report post Posted June 21, 2020 That is very sad news indeed Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kinetic 124 Report post Posted June 21, 2020 Such a shock to read this, RIP Steve. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BackPoonDrinkGoon 93 Report post Posted June 22, 2020 Extremely surprised by the lack of comments on this thread. I didn’t know Steve but he was a great trainer. As a punter I really enjoyed backing his dogs, a few of my favourites would have to be Blitzing Mayhem, Lady Shambi, Piggy Back. Did a great job without having the numbers of the farmers. R.I.P Steve. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bus stop 230 Report post Posted June 22, 2020 12 hours ago, BackPoonDrinkGoon said: Extremely surprised by the lack of comments on this thread. I didn’t know Steve but he was a great trainer. As a punter I really enjoyed backing his dogs, a few of my favourites would have to be Blitzing Mayhem, Lady Shambi, Piggy Back. Did a great job without having the numbers of the farmers. R.I.P Steve. Watch trackside after the 1st race today 12.02 going to be a item on Steve. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Sharp 224 Report post Posted June 23, 2020 A beautiful tribute to Steve on the GRNZ website. R.I.P Steve you will be missed by us all. https://www.grnz.co.nz/News/2553/A-Tribute-to-Stephen-Paul-Clark-1955-2020 Lindsay Joyce 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lad27 404 Report post Posted June 23, 2020 Last had a yarn to Steve about three years ago when went up to Auckland and convinced one of my friends to take me to the track for the Sunday arvo. Always good for a chat and will miss that chance again when I head north for a visit to the track. R.I.P. Steve Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...