New Posts For Thread: Toby Balding RIPhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30356025/toby-balding-ripGerald Barnard Balding, Jr. OBE (23 September 1936 – 25 September 2014), known as Toby Balding, was a British racehorse trainer, one of the few to have won the 'big three' British jump races—the Grand National, Cheltenham Gold Cup and Champion HuKildimohttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30356025/toby-balding-rip?post_id=541622239#541622239KildimoSat, 27 Sep 2014 12:52:34 -0500A friend of mine used to ride out for him. No idea what he was like though, she didn't say a bad word, but I didn't meet her until afterwards.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30356025/toby-balding-rip?post_id=541620369#541620369A friend of mine used to ride out for him. No idea what he was like though, she didn't say a bad word, but I didn't meet her until afterwards.Sat, 27 Sep 2014 10:35:58 -0500the fellah before henry at the top of the hill was a different class, noel murlesshttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30356025/toby-balding-rip?post_id=541612327#541612327the fellah before henry at the top of the hill was a different class, noel murlessFri, 26 Sep 2014 17:45:25 -0500He always seemed like a cross between Billy Bunter and Sherlock Holmes (god knows why). Unique anyway. Never heard a bad word about him. Certainly said many bad words about his horses. They frequently weren't obvious winners. The measure of thehttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30356025/toby-balding-rip?post_id=541612319#541612319He always seemed like a cross between Billy Bunter and Sherlock Holmes (god knows why). Unique anyway. Never heard a bad word about him. Certainly said many bad words about his horses. They frequently weren't obvious winners. The measure of theFri, 26 Sep 2014 17:44:53 -0500met toby on the gallops at Newmarket in the seventies"poor fillies" he said ..... it was pi55ing down at the time, I never even knew they were all fillies we were watchinglovely man, way above me , out of my depth with him .... total respect , he toohttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30356025/toby-balding-rip?post_id=541612307#541612307met toby on the gallops at Newmarket in the seventies"poor fillies" he said ..... it was pi55ing down at the time, I never even knew they were all fillies we were watchinglovely man, way above me , out of my depth with him .... total respect , he tooFri, 26 Sep 2014 17:43:59 -0500kildimohttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30356025/toby-balding-rip?post_id=541612181#541612181kildimoFri, 26 Sep 2014 17:28:05 -0500Yep, good company, Slippy. Always very keen to claim Sir Henry as a Scot. Sir Henry, Jim Clark, Joe Frazier and Henrik Larsson are my sporting heroes.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30356025/toby-balding-rip?post_id=541612029#541612029Yep, good company, Slippy. Always very keen to claim Sir Henry as a Scot. Sir Henry, Jim Clark, Joe Frazier and Henrik Larsson are my sporting heroes.Fri, 26 Sep 2014 17:15:15 -0500I read that as well V.My 2 heroes in life.My DadSir Henry Cecil.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30356025/toby-balding-rip?post_id=541611899#541611899I read that as well V.My 2 heroes in life.My DadSir Henry Cecil.Fri, 26 Sep 2014 17:06:28 -0500The last Racing Post I bought was the Cecil tribute edition on June 12, 2013..."Gentleman, Genius, Legend."https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30356025/toby-balding-rip?post_id=541611743#541611743The last Racing Post I bought was the Cecil tribute edition on June 12, 2013..."Gentleman, Genius, Legend."Fri, 26 Sep 2014 16:54:06 -0500Me too. Racing hasn't been the same. Without realizing it, a lot of us are keyed in to the racing calendar.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30356025/toby-balding-rip?post_id=541611717#541611717Me too. Racing hasn't been the same. Without realizing it, a lot of us are keyed in to the racing calendar.Fri, 26 Sep 2014 16:50:50 -0500