Nick Luck

{{Short description|English racing broadcaster (born 1978)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox person

| birth_name = Nicholas Edward Francis Luck

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1978|06|28|df=yes}}

| years_active = 2004-present

}}

Nicholas Edward Francis Luck (born 28 June 1978) is an English racing broadcaster, who previously presented Channel 4 Racing on Channel 4.{{Cite web |url=http://thesun.nagme.com/news/article/5414 |title=Horse Racing News, Racing Chat & Tipping Games | the Sun |access-date=24 December 2012 |archive-date=13 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150713180635/http://thesun.nagme.com/news/article/5414 |url-status=dead }}

He is part of the NBC Breeders Cup team and is eight times Horserace Writers' & Photographers' Association Broadcaster of the Year.{{cite web | url=https://hwpa.org/hwpa-derby-awards/broadcaster-of-the-year-peter-osullevan-trophy/ | title=Broadcaster of the Year|website=Hwpa.org }}

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, Badminton Horse Trials, Burghley Horse Trials and the Olympic Games for the BBC.{{cite web | url=https://www.thoroughbredracing.com/articles/5212/nick-luck-thrill-live-reporting-tokyo-olympics-booth-north-west-england/ | title=Nick Luck: The thrill of live reporting on the Tokyo Olympics – from a booth in North-West England | Topics: Santa Anita, Nick Luck|website=Thoroughbredracing.com}}

The Nick Luck Daily podcast is available on a number of platforms {{cite web | url=https://soundcloud.com/user-418663758 | title=Nick Luck Daily|website=Soundcloud.com }}

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. {{cite web | url=https://www.britishhorseracing.com/press_releases/improving-standards-and-enhanced-deterrents-at-the-heart-of-20-recommendations-published-as-part-of-british-horseracings-whip-report/ | title=Improving standards and enhanced deterrents at the heart of 20 recommendations published as part of British horseracing's whip report }}