Ian Balding was born on 7 November 1938 and is a British retired horse trainer.
28 Facts About Ian Balding
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Ian Balding is the son of the polo player and racehorse trainer Gerald Matthews Balding and the younger brother of trainer Toby Balding.
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Ian Balding was born in the US, but his family returned to the UK in 1945.
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Ian Balding was educated at Marlborough College and Millfield school in Somerset.
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Ian Balding went up to Christ's College, Cambridge, in 1959 to read Rural Estate Management, where he played Rugby for the university team, gaining his Blue in 1961 at full back.
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Ian Balding principally trained horses for flat races, but did however bring Crystal Spirit to victory in 1991 at the Sun Alliance Novices' Hurdle.
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Ian Balding has had influence on many top class Thoroughbreds and race horses, amongst whom some are Mill Reef, Lochsong, Mrs Penny, Glint of Gold, Diamond Shoal, Gold and Ivory, Selkirk, Forest Flower, Dashing Blade, Robellino, Silver Fling, King of Clubs, Lochangel, Top Cees, Crystal Spirit, and Tagula.
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Ian Balding retired in 2002 and gave his Park House stables licence at Kingsclere, Hampshire, to his son Andrew.
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Ian Balding was again Mill Reef's trainer when the horse won the 1971 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe at Longchamp Racecourse in Paris, France.
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Again in 1985 Ian Balding trained Gold and Ivory from Paul Mellon's Thoroughbreds to win in the Grosser Preis von Baden ridden by Cauthen.
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In 1986 Forest Flower, a two-year-old filly owned by Mellon, trained by Ian Balding and ridden by Tony Ives completed the 6 furlongs Cherry Hinton Stakes at the Newmarket Racecourse in 1:12.38.
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In 1986 Ian Balding trained Insular, owned by the Queen Mother, which won the 1986 Imperial Cup at Sandown.
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Ian Balding trained Dashing Blade to come in first in 1989 with a time of 1:25.43.
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Jeff Smith's two-year-old, Dashing Blade received guidance from Ian Balding to come ahead in the 1989 National Stakes.
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The trainer was Ian Balding to help achieve this Palace House Stakes purse at Newmarket's Rowley Mile course.
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Steve Cauthen, jockey, and Ian Balding entered the Listed race which is 7 furlongs.
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In 1992, Ian Balding was the trainer for Selkirk, ridden by now retired jockey Ray Cochrane.
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Lochsong, a four-year-old, won the 1992 Ayr Gold Cup under the guidance of Ian Balding and riding skill of Francis Arrowsmith.
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Ian Balding showed his skill in continuing training Lochsong, a bay filly, who was a winner in a flat horse race for two-year-old and above thoroughbreds.
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Walter Swinburn and Ian Balding were able to complete the 1,200 metres French Deauville Racecourse in 1:11.6.
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Ian Balding teamed up with former jockey Pat Eddery who won the Lester Award for Flat Jockey of the Year.
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Ian Balding covered the 1 mile 1 furlong at Newmarket in 1:46.10.
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Ian Balding demonstrated his versatility as a trainer by starting the new millennium with Brandon Court's victory over hurdles at the Cheltenham New Year meeting.
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Later, in 2001, Ian Balding was able to bring a four-year-old, Distant Prospect and arrive again at Newmarket.
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In 2001, Ian Balding brings Nicobar a four-year-old, to Sandown Park racecourse to win the Sandown Mile in 1:49.61.
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Also in 2001 Ian Balding sees Firebreak ridden by jockey Martin Dwyer come to victory.
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Kieren Fallon, jockey, and trainer, Ian Balding, saw the 1 mile 114 yards completed in 1:44.15 at the Epsom Downs Racecourse.
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Ian Balding married Emma Hastings-Bass, now Lady Emma Balding, in 1969; they have two children.