Yes, I noticed a lot of plugging going on (no doubt at the behest of her producer) by CB for Hi-Def. Before people get too carried away with dissing every presenter to appear in front of a camera (personally, I find Robert Cooper a total waste of time and space - he acts as if he's on high-dose Prozac and his questions are unfailingly banal, if not often badly misinformed), don't forget that for the high-profile meetings they will be given a theme to follow. They're not all making it up as they go along, although I'm sure that Miss Balding would be more than capable of doing so.
If you see her at racecourses, though, she's always got time for kids who come up to pester her - I've seen her sit them down beside her and have a good old natter with them. She positively encourages their curiosity and I've seen her in tears of joy at Lingfield when one of brother Andrew's won - she's human, and whatever the Beeb thinks it wants to do to racing, it won't be her fault.