Clare Balding (born January 29, 1971) is a BBC sports presenter and journalist. January 29 is the 29th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1971 calendar). ... The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is the largest publicly-funded radio and television broadcasting corporation of the United Kingdom (see British television) and the world. ... A television presenter is a British term for a person who is known for introducing or hosting television programmes. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

In 1989 and 1990, she was a leading amateur flat jockey, and Champion Lady Rider in 1990. The word amateur has at least two connotations. ... Flat racing is a term commonly used in the United Kingdom to denote a form of horse-racing which is run over a predetermined distance and in which the horses are not required to jump over obstacles such as hurdles or fences as in National Hunt racing. ... Toulouse-Lautrec - The Jockey (1899) This article is about the sports occupation. ...

She studied English at Newnham College, Cambridge where she was President of the Cambridge Union Society in Easter 1992 and graduated in 1993. The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Full name Newnham College Motto - Named after Its location in the village of Newnham Previous names Newnham Hall Established 1871 Sister College(s) Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford Principal The Lady ONeill of Bengarve Location Sidgwick Avenue Undergraduates 396 Postgraduates 120 Homepage Boatclub A view of the Clough and Kennedy... The coat of arms for the Cambridge Union Society, which shares much in common with the coat of arms for the University of Cambridge. ...

In summer 1994, she made her debut as a television presenter during Royal Ascot. She became BBC horse racing presenter in December 1997. Ascot Racecourse is a racecourse, located in the village of Ascot in the English county of Berkshire used for thoroughbred horse racing. ...

Clare Balding was the Royal Television Society's Sports Presenter of the Year in 2003. In the same year, she won the Racing Journalist of the Year Award. The Royal Television Society is a British-based society for the discussion, analysis and preservation of television in all its forms, past, present and future. ...

She also has close family links to horse racing: her father, Ian Balding, trained Mill Reef, 1971 winner of the Epsom Derby, Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe and King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes, and her brother, Andrew Balding, trained the winner of the 2003 Epsom Oaks. Her partner is the BBC Radio 4 continuity announcer and newsreader Alice Arnold.[1] Mill Reef (1968-1986) was a champion thoroughbred racehorse. ... Epsom Derby, Théodore Géricault, 1821. ... Races at Lonchamp - Édouard Manet, 1867 The Prix de LArc de Triomphe is a flat thoroughbred horse race of a 2400 metres (about 1 mile 4 furlongs) raced on turf for 3 year olds and up, Colts, horses, Fillies and mares (exclude geldings). ... The King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes is a Group 1 United Kingdom flat racing horse race for three year old and above horses run over a distance of 1 mile 4 furlongs at Ascot Racecourse during July. ... The Oaks Stakes is a Group 1 United Kingdom flat racing horse race for three year old fillies run over a distance of 1 mile 4 furlongs at Epsom Downs during June. ... BBC Radio 4 is a British domestic radio station which broadcasts a wide variety of chiefly spoken-word programmes including news, drama, comedy, science and history. ... Alice (Katie) Arnold is a newsreader and continuity announcer on BBC Radio 4. ...

External links

• BBC Press Office biography of Clare Balding
• Clare Balding at The Internet Movie Database
• Clare Balding, After Dinner Speaker