Keith Clark Retires From Racing

Published: September 17, 2021 03:32 pm EDT

After more than 50 years in the harness racing industry, Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Famer Keith Clark has retired from on-track participation.

Keith Clark ranks among — if not at the top of the list — of the greatest horsemen Alberta has ever produced. The longtime horseman has recorded 6,620 driving victories and has personally guided horses to more than $35.7 million in purses. On the training front, Clark’s horses have tallied 4,302 wins — second most by a trainer in Canadian harness racing history — with earnings just shy of $29 million.

On 13 occasions, he topped the million-dollar mark in seasonal driving earnings with another 11 million-dollar campaigns as a trainer.

Named Alberta’s Horsemen of the Year on 14 occasions, Clark was honoured with the O’Brien Award of Horsemanship in 2004 and 2011. He was inducted into the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame in 2009.

Horse Racing Alberta has produced the following video retrospective on Clark's tremendous career with comments from those who knew him best.

Be sure to check out the September issue of TROT Magazine for a full feature article on Keith Clark and his retirement.

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