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The Grand National doesn’t need Jeremy Kyle

Clare Balding’s successor needs genuine knowledge and insight, not a ‘big name’

24 January 2015

9:00 AM

24 January 2015

9:00 AM

Never mind David Cameron. Are you participating in the Great Debate about an event of national significance that stirs the blood of millions? No, I don’t mean the General Election: racing is in a tizzy about who should lead the television coverage of this year’s Grand National since the sainted Clare Balding (whom God preserve) has opted on the big day to cover instead the predictable procession in the Oxford v.

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