Get well soon, i think she does a great job on BBC www.sportinglife.com/racing/news ... lding.html

Get well soon, i think she does a great job on BBC www.sportinglife.com/racing/news ... lding.html

What a shame she won't be at the game tomorrow, she does do a fantastic job covering Rugby League.

Get Well Soon Clare, hope you have a full and speedy recovery.

All the best Clare. She has truly embraced the game and its characters since she started covering it. I'm sure the whole RL community wish her well.

Clare Balding and Rugby League must be the most unlikely partnership since Julia Roberts and Lyle Lovett, but it works so well.

Hope she has a speedy recovery and is back at work soon.

Godspeed with your recovery, Claire. All the best!

Will be interested to see who will take over her duties. My money is on former CNN World Sport host Phil Jones.

Get well soon Claire, onwards & upwards.

Get well soon she does a great job on BBC

really like your coverage of rugby clare get well soon

What a woman. Lovers her RL as much as the horses. God was having a good day, the day he created her.

Get well soon Claire, you do a fantastic job on whatever you present and are also a funny guest on shows as well.

I think I'm going to be sick, its her job FFS.

Have you never seen Steve Ryder or John Inverdale fronting Grandstand when the CC is on? You know-nothing nugget.

It may well be "her job", but she does appear to have a genuine affinity to our game and its stars. Something that, as already mentioned, other established presenters of the beeb clearly dont have.
I wish her a speedy recovery and look forward to see her back flirting with Justin and Robbie shortly!

she is married to a lady, i don't she like a bit of both

I know she is. She is always flirting with Justin. Maybe its because of his pink shirts and love of shoes.

get well soon claire. all the best

Anyone think it would be a good idea (as suggested on the VT) to take a "Get Well Soon" banner to CP tomorrow?

i think thats a nice idea,

Was shocked to read about Clare's Cancer.

I can only echo other member's comments praising her fantastic knowledge of RL. Very Brave of her also to delay her surgery until after the Grand National - Got a picture with her.



Hope Clare has a speedy recovery and is back in time for the Semi's.

Mentioned on the programme the reason she wasn't presenting. From what i've seen up to now. The presentation has been very good.

best wishes

You can send your best wishes to Clare here ; clarebalding@btinternet.com

You can send your best wishes to Clare here ; clarebalding@btinternet.com

Had a lovely positive reply from our Clare on the morning of the kr game.

"Thank you so much for your e-mail. I really am fine, feeling great and the prognosis is very good. I'm so sad to be missing the quarter finals this weekend but I'll be back for the semis.

I cannot get over the incredible support I have had from rugby league fans - I feel very luck to be involved in such a warm-hearted sport."

i too have had an e-mail back from clare balding,what a smashing girl, she thanked me for my e-mail wishing for her speedy recovery,i also asked her for a tip for the oaks and the derby and she told me she had been filming in newmarket yesterday and gave me her horses for the big races

i just sent my best wishes off to her. She does a great job for RL and i feel that she probably needs a bit of our RL Family support right now.
Go on have a go, take you 2 mins to send one.