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IJF benefits as Ian Balding’s bet on William Buick comes to fruition

The Injured Jockeys Fund is to receive £5,000 owing to a 21-year-old bet placed by former trainer Ian Balding on William Buick to be crowned champion jockey. Balding, trainer of numerous equine stars such as Mill Reef and Lochsong, placed a verbal ...

11 Oct 2022 at 15:26

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Former top trainer Ian Balding dies aged 87

Ian Balding, trainer of the Derby winner Mill Reef, has died at the age of 87. Balding, who was also a Cheltenham Festival-winning rider in his amateur days, sent out many top-class performers from his Kingsclere yard including Glint Of Gold, ...

02 Jan 2026 at 12:26

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Clare Balding remembers ‘one of a kind’ father Ian

Clare Balding paid tribute to her “fearless, funny and charming” father Ian following his death on Friday at the age of 87. Trainer of the 1971 Derby winner Mill Reef, Balding’s two children have gone on to have hugely-successful careers in ...

02 Jan 2026 at 14:23

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Mill Reef leads the way among Balding’s star performers

Ian Balding sent out more than 1,700 British winners during his lengthy training career, with countless Group race victories among them. We look back on seven of his most memorable runners – headed of course by Kingsclere’s most notable ...

02 Jan 2026 at 13:13

Clare Balding remembers her father Ian as ‘funny, fearless, charming’

Broadcaster Clare Balding has paid tribute to her father Ian, the renowned racehorse trainer, as “one of a kind” following his death aged 87. Trainer of the Derby winner Mill Reef, Ian retired in 2002, handing over the licence to his ...

02 Jan 2026 at 16:05

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Ian Balding: Trainer of a true great who leaves a legacy

Ian Balding was much more than a highly-successful racehorse trainer. A talented all-round sportsman in his youth, he had many interests throughout his life from skiing to being a director of Southampton Football Club. Balding was ...

02 Jan 2026 at 19:03

Horse Racing

Dettori looks back on Lochsong highs with Balding

Frankie Dettori reflected on the “wonderful moments” he shared with Ian Balding following the death of the Derby-winning trainer at the age of 87. The Italian formed a fine association with the Balding-trained Lochsong, who was ...

02 Jan 2026 at 14:48

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