Nick Luck Daily Podcast

We’re back on track for Day 2 of the Qatar Good Festival and Nick is alongside Matt Chapman this morning, dressed beautifully as ever. They spin through yesterday’s racing and discuss just how good Scandinavia could be with. Word from his jockey Wayne Lordan and Nick and Matt pay tribute to Trueshan, who suffered a fatal injury in the Goodwood Cup. Eve Johnson Haughton reflects on her success yesterday whilst Richard Brown of Wathnan and James Doyle look forward to their runners this afternoon. Tom Savill, assistant manager at Plumpton Racecourse, joins via FaceTime to propose a new funding idea for the sport and is tackled hard by Nick on the proposal. Hugo Palmer and Ed Sackville make a cameo appearance whilst Timeform offer their perspective of yesterday and Jane Mangan has our bulletin from Galway.

Coming to you Live from Goodwood on Day 1 of the Visit Qatar Goodwood Festival, Nick is joined on course by the Mirror’s David Yates as they look forward to the action on Day 1. Wathnan Racing’s racing manager Richard Brown joins via FaceTime to look ahead to their runners on Day one which include Royal Ascot winner Humidity in the Vintage Stakes and French Master in today’s feature the Goodwood Cup. French Master’s breeder, Philippa Cooper also joins via telephone and shares why she chose to sell French Master and also how she feels seeing him take on Sweet William, her pride and joy, this afternoon. Goodwood’s Adam Waterworth pops by to look ahead to the five day meeting and also shares his views on the news that Lord Allen WILL take up his role as Chair of the BHA. Kieran Clarke has the Timeform perspective ahead of the racing on day one whilst Jane Mangan provides us with a bulletin from Galway, that will be a regular feature this week and finally Cathal Beale is our Weatherbys Bloodstock guest to talk tall thing Phoenix of Spain at the Irish National Stud.

Nick is joined by RTE and Racing TV broadcaster Jane Mangan to discuss the latest from around the racing world. They are joined by Norman Williamson, Frank Berry, John Quinn and Mouse Morris to remember Edward O'Grady, a titan of the sport in Ireland, who died yesterday. Ahead of Goodwood, Nick talks to Sean Levey about how he can get that little extra out of Rosallion ahead of the Sussex Stakes, while Ger Lyons looks forward to just his third ever runner at the Visit Qatar Goodwood Festival with Lady Iman. Chloe Pitts is along to preview the Tattersalls Somerville Sale, while Nick and Jane reflect on the King George and more from the weekend.

Charlotte Greenway looks ahead to the King George at Ascot as she recaps on her interview with Andrew Balding discussing Kalpana's chance in Saturday's showpiece. George Scott and Charlie Clover also join the show to chat about their runners this weekend, as they're set to take each other in the Group 3 Princess Margaret Stakes. Then we move onto Goodwood and hear about Andrew Balding's best chances on day 1 before Joseph Murphy looks at whether the Nassau Stakes is likely to suit his Royal Ascot winner, Cerecene before David Menuisier explains why he's decided to skip the King George with Sunway and step up in trip to two miles for the first time in the Goodwood Cup.

Charlotte Greenway in for Nick and joined by the Mirror's David Yates. They begin with the news, broken by the Racing Post, that the Premier fixtures are set to be cut significantly from next year with the BHA to select who qualifies. There's also news from Ireland around the sale of land at Naas Racecourse. Following the sad news yesterday that former trainer Alan Bailey had passed away, Allan Mackay and Jimmy Quinn share their memories. Charlie Clover and George Scott look forward to their runners this weekend at Ascot and York whilst Marco Botti considers his options for yesterday's impressive Book 1 Bonus winner, Sunset on Leros. Finally, Racing Welfare's Clare Kingston has news of a new fundraiser.

Charlotte Greenway in for Nick today and joined by the Racing Post’s Lee Mottershead. They begin by taking a look at Saturday's King George at Ascot, for which 5 have been declared including Andrew Balding’s Kalpana who joins the show to discuss her chance as well as his Glorious Goodwood runners next week. Podcast regular nail Channing comments on the latest Gambling Commission blog, written by CEO Andrew Rhodes and what the findings in this report might mean for horse racing. Then Charlotte speaks at length to Tegbir Brar, managing partner at Dashmesh stud in India, about the catastrophic effects of the 2017 taxation hike on gambling and how this could relate to Britain, should the labour government decide to harmonise online gambling taxation. Lee and Charlotte also touch on a couple of news stories from yesterday regarding French stud Ecurie des Monceaux and it’s new investor, as well as the new three day Welsh Racing Festival from Chepstow.

Tom in for Nick and joined initially by the Jockey Club Group Chief Executive Jim Mullen who makes clear their position in support of Lord Allen's proposals. Jim says the Jockey Club fully support Lord Allen's consultative approach to date and the notion of an independent BHA board going forward. Rishi Persad and Tom reflect on the interview and ask if this will encourage other bodies to publicly state their position. Rishi gives his views on Friday's Pat Eddery Stakes at Newmarket and we hear from trainer Karl Burke who runs Reciprocated. Karl then touches on his other weekend runners and likely team for Goodwood. We are joined by Gordon Elliott who could field eight horses in next week's Galway Plate and three in the Hurdle. He also runs through his key horses for this season and confirms Brighterdaysahead will go chasing. We hear from now retired commentator Derek Thompson who called his final UK race last night. Plus Charlotte has another interview from yesterday's trip to Newmarket with Andrew Braithwaite and Abbie Taylor re a new scholarship program in partnership between the British Racing School, the National Stud and the Jockey Club.

Tom Stanley in for Nick and joined by David Yates and they hear first from Chris Stickels, who provides a going update from Ascot. Then David Menuisier is along with the latest on Sunway, who goes to Goodwood, and he confirms that Tamfana is out until the Autumn. We also hear from Joseph Murphy on Cercene who is all systems go for the Nassau, so long as the ground doesn't come up soft at Goodwood. Charlotte Greenway is at the National Stud for the Royal Visit and reports from there in the company of Lee Mottershead, Joe Bradley and Sophie Mellett, while David Probert discusses his upcoming trip to Hong Kong and Lewis Tomlinson has our weekly Timeform update. Finally, it's Tuesday so we go around the bloodstock world and speak to Sally Ann Grassick, representing Haras de Colleville.

Josh Stacey bringing you the podcast today and joined by the Racing Post’s Jonathan Harding. They begin by looking back at the action form the Curragh over the weekend and Minnie Hauk’s performance. Jonathan also shares his views on the competitiveness of the racing whilst Jane Mangan also has a line on this. Nick has a review of the Haskell Stakes and the effort from Journalism at Monmouth Park whilst TPD’s Adam Mills shares the figures. Josh caught up with Chris Richardson of Cheveley Park Stud about Estrange, who won't go to the Nassau and will go to the Yorkshire Oaks, plus they touched on the very exciting young filly Moon Target, who won at the July Course. Jerome Reynier is along to discuss plans for Royal Ascot winner Lazzat, who he says won’t run in the City of York despite being second favourite and will have one run in France before going to the Haydock Sprint Cup. Finally, Sam Hoskins and Luke Lillingston from Hot To Trot look back on 100 winners for the syndicate, Rage of Bambay landed the Group 3 Hackwood Stakes on Saturday.

Charlotte Greenway is back with the Saturday Edition and has plenty to bring you today. We start in Ireland at The Curragh with the Irish Oaks where Epsom Oaks heroine Mini Hauk is a very short price but her chief rival looks to be Joseph O'Brien's filly who finished fourth at Epsom and he talks about her chance. Johnny Murtagh also discusses his filly who has only run the twice and is still a maiden. Andrew Slattery and Johnny Portman provide an update on their two runners in the Sapphire Stakes tomorrow.

Then, onto Newbury and ahead of the Weatherby's Super Sprint we hear from variety of connections including Johnny Allison, who co-owns favourite Havana Hurricane, Rod Millman on the Middleham Park Filly Anthelia and Richard Hughes who also has a runner in the competitive Hackwood Stakes. Finally, we head over to America to hear from Michael McCarthy and Brendan Walsh ahead of Journalism and Gosger meeting again, this time in tomorrow's Haskell Stakes.