High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Ian Balding (born November 7, 1938 in the United States) emigrated with his family to England in 1945. He is the son of the polo player and racehorse trainer Gerald Barnard Balding, Sr. and the younger brother of trainer Toby Balding. Kingsclere became his home at the age of 26 and it is here that earned his reputation as an internationally respected trainer. Balding was educated at Marlborough College and Millfield school in Somerset.