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Clare Balding on ‘misjudged’ comment about jockey who later died: ‘Very difficult to talk about’

Host of Queen's Clare Balding opened up about a 'misjudged' comment she made about a jockey's teeth back in 2009. The jockey died in 2020.

Clare Balding – who hosts the Queen’s tennis tournament this week on the BBC – once made a “misjudged” comment to a jockey for which she was criticised. The jockey in question later died – meaning discussing the incident is “very difficult” for the star, as she revealed during an interview back in April. Liam died in 2020 (Credit: YouTube) “I did an awful thing and I genuinely didn’t mean any harm.

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