Nick Luck Daily Podcast

Nick is joined by broadcaster and NLD regular Rishi Persad to discuss the coverage generated by Rishi's interview about racial diversity in racing, first aired with host Josh Apiafi on Sky Sports Racing yesterday. Rishi talks about his motivation for doing the interview and his surprise and disappointment at some of the reaction that it has received. Nick and Rishi also look ahead to this weekend's action from Cheltenham, and are joined by trainer Christian Williams. Later in this edition, Nick talks to Coolmore's Tom Magnier about the latest threat to the Hunter Valley Stud Farms in New South Wales, while Sheikh Salman bin Rashed Al-Khalifa drops in to discuss next week's £500,000 Bahrain International Trophy.

Nick is joined by leading journalist and broadcaster Lydia Hislop to discuss the matters of the day, examining whether the pandemic has tipped the balance of power within in the sport yet further towards the racecourses. Looking ahead to the PaddyPower meeting at Cheltenham this weekend, Nick talks to leading rider Harry Cobden, while Cheveley Park Stud MD Chris Richardson discusses the bloodstock landscape ahead and Jim McGrath brings important news of the International Raceday arrangements from Hong Kong.

Nick is joined by the Daily Mirror's David Yates to discuss and analyse all the day's news, including two gambling-related stories that dominated the headlines on Tuesday ahead of the much-discussed gambling review. Nick and Dave also reflect on the Breeders' Cup, with Audarya's owner Alison Swinburn and trainer James Fanshawe, and look ahead to the Paddy Power meeting at Cheltenham with Kerry Lee, whose Happy Diva looks to join a list of great horses to have won the feature race in consecutive years. Meanwhile, Derek Veitch of Ringfort Stud is the guests in this week's bloodstock segment, in association with Weatherbys.

Tom Stanley in for Nick this week and joined by ITV and Racing TV broadcaster Rishi Persad to reflect on the Breeders’ Cup. They discuss Authentic’s win in the Classic and hear from John Velazquez on his first win in the feature race. Director of the International Racing Bureau, Adrian Beaumont, is along to talk European success. Plus Tom Eaves, who had his first Breeders’ Cup ride and win with Glass Slippers in the Turf Sprint, reflects on that success.

Nick is joined by Peter Thomas Fornatale and James Willoughby to provide the final edition of Breeders' Cup week from Kentucky, attempting to give the definitive guide to the likely winners, losers and key storylines. Nick also talks to trainer Graham Motion, who passes on significant confidence behind one of his chances, and picks up the thread back in the UK with Cieren Fallon, who will this week be crowned the first dual champion apprentice for 32 years.

Nick is joined in Kentucky by his NBC broadcast colleague Britney Eurton for the first of two episodes specifically dedicated to this weekend's Breeders' Cup World Championships at Keeneland. Nick and Britney examine whether this year's Classic could be a race for the ages, react to Bob Baffert's statement on his medication violations, and wonder whether the notorious Maximum Security could finally have an unencumbered day in the sun. Nick talks to Jack Knowlton of Sackatoga Stable, owners of leading Classic hopeful Tiz The Law, while he also catches up with the British team of Breeders' Cup rookies behind Juvenile Turf Sprint contender Ubetterbelieveit.

Nick is joined by Lee Mottershead, Senior Writer from the Racing Post, to discuss all the day's news, including the debate on owners attending racedays during the impending lockdown as well as the scrutiny on the ownership strategy that was released recently. Nick is in Kentucky for Breeders' Cup week and is once again joined by TVG's Gabby Gaudet for her take on the morning track works as well as HBA Media'a Henry Birtles, responsible for the TV distribution of the event. JA McGrath joins for his weekly take on events in Hong Kong.

Nick is in Kentucky on US Election Day for the Breeders' Cup at Keeneland. From his base in the US, he connects back home with broadcaster Rishi Persad to reflect upon the dramatic Melbourne Cup, run just hours earlier. Nick is joined by the winning owner Nick Williams, while Nick and Rishi talk about the implications of the fatality of Anthony van Dyk in the race. Looking ahead to the weekend, TVG analyst and host Gabby Gaudet gives her appraisal of how the early shippers for Breeders' Cup are faring, while Martin Stevens is the guest on this week's bloodstock segment, discussing the Weatherbys annual return of mares.

Tom Stanley sits in for Nick and is joined by the Daily Mirror's David Yates in an episode which looks into Jim Bolger's recent comments in The Irish Field about the prevalence of drug use in Irish Racing. Tom talks to Daragh O Conchuir, the man who conducted the interview, and also to Charlie Fellowes who sends out Prince Of Arran to compete in his third consecutive Melbourne Cup. Tom and David also reflect on the recent lockdown announcement in England and what that might mean for owners.

Nick is joined by broadcaster Cornelius Lysaght to discuss the news of another major British owner cutting back its string, this time the globally renowned Cheveley Park Stud. With somewhat ironic timing, the stud's revivified passion for jumps racing is brought into sharp contrast with the run of Envoi Allen at Down Royal today. Cornelius talks to trainer Kim Bailey about the possibility that he has another Cheltenham Gold Cup horse on his hands in Vinndication, while Nick finds out how and when horses are travelling to the Breeders' Cup with Lucy Greayer from LG Bloodstock Shipping, and James Willoughby explains why Japanese star Contrail is now world No. 1 in the TRC Global Rankings.