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

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. He is part of the

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team and is eight times Horserace Writers' & Photographers' Association Broadcaster of the Year. Luck has acted as a paid promoter of bookmaker William Hill. In 2017, he became the BBC Equestrian commentator taking over from Mike Tucker, 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. It is best known as the host of the UK legs of the FEI World Cup series in dressage, show jumping and ...

Badminton Horse Trials The Badminton Horse Trials is a five-day event, one of only seven annual Concours Complet International (CCI) Five Star events as classified by the Fédération Équestre Internationale (FEI). It takes place in May each year in the park of ...

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

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.

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