Nicholas Edward Francis Luck (born 28 June 1978) is an English racing broadcaster, who previously presented ''

Channel 4 Racing ''Channel 4 Racing'' was the name given to the horse racing coverage on the British television stations Channel 4 and More4. History The first transmission of racing on the channel was on 22 March 1984 from Doncaster, as it took over midweek cov ...

'' on

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. He appeared on

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at its launch in 2004 after 18 months as part of the original Racing Channel team and was a presenter on its inaugural broadcast. He has hosted all major events for the channel including the

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Grand National The Grand National is a National Hunt horse race held annually at Aintree Racecourse in Liverpool, England. First run in 1839, it is a handicap ...

and

Cheltenham Festival The Cheltenham Festival is a horse racing-based meeting in the National Hunt racing calendar in the United Kingdom, with race prize money second only to the Grand National. The four-day festival takes place annually in March at Cheltenham Rac ...

and presents the weekly programme ''Luck On Sunday''. He is part of the

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team and is eight times Horserace Writers' & Photographers' Association Broadcaster of the Year. He is a regular contributor to the ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

Horse & Hound ''Horse & Hound'' is the oldest equestrian weekly magazine of the United Kingdom. Its first edition was published in 1884. The magazine contains horse industry news, reports from equestrian events, veterinary advice about caring for horses, and h ...

'' magazine. On the occasion of Luck's birthday in June 2022 Kenny Rice, his frequent colleague on NBC, commented that ‘if it isn’t a national holiday in the UK, it should be’. In 2017, he became the BBC Equestrian commentator taking over from

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, and has since covered the

Olympia Horse Show The London International Horse Show, formerly the Olympia London International Horse Show, is one of the UK's biggest equestrian competitions. Previously held at Olympia, London, it has been hosted by ExCeL London since 2021. It is best known as ...

Badminton Horse Trials The Badminton Horse Trials is a eventing, five-day event, one of only six annual Concours Complet International, Concours Complet International (CCI) Five Star events as classified by the International Federation for Equestrian Sports, Fédér ...

Burghley Horse Trials The Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials is an annual three-day event held at Burghley House near Stamford, Lincolnshire, England, currently in early September. Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials is classified by the FEI as one of the six leading th ...

and the

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for the BBC. The Nick Luck Daily podcast is available on a number of platforms He was a member of British horseracing’s Whip Consultation Steering Group which in mid-2022 produced 20 recommendations relating to the use of the whip in British racing, all of which were approved by the Board of the British Horseracing Authority (BHA) and were published with other review documentation on 12 July 2022. Nick Luck attended King's College London and studied French.

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1978 births Living people British horse racing writers and broadcasters People educated at Harrow School {{UK-horseracing-bio-stub