Vale Peter Craig

The founders of Classic Families are in mourning today following the devastating news that our invaluable, tireless and much admired New Zealand representative Peter Craig suffered a massive heart attack at noon on Tuesday and could not be revived.

His wife Catharine described it as an "out of the blue event" as Peter was just 67 years if age, fit and that there had been no indicators of any underlying health problems.

Our collective condolences to Catharine on the anguish of losing her life partner is such circumstances.

https://harnesslink.com/new-zealand/vale-peter-craig/

Very few would be aware of the countless hours he poured into his work as a volunteer in the area of preserving and maintaining harness racing and its history. At least twice a week, Peter could be seen visibly with his head buried in pages and pages of historical content, ensuring it was safely and accurately reproduced on the website ClassicFamilies.net which he had a significant role in developing and maintaining.

HRNZ writes:

"In our view, no other person has ever helped, inspired or given as much towards keeping the history of harness racing alive as Peter. The shock of his passing will have a massive effect on so many for the years to come."

https://www.hrnz.co.nz/news/vale-peter-craig/