Nick Luck Daily Podcast

Charlotte Greenway brings you this week’s Saturday Edition, looking ahead to the rest of the November Meeting at Cheltenham after Jonbon won Friday’s Shloer Chase on his first run with Harry Cobden. Ben Pauling talks about Meetmebythesea, the Paddy Power Gold Cup favourite, and Sam Twiston-Davies looks forward to riding Quebecois for Paul Nicholls. Henry de Bromhead discusses his Paddy Power pair, July Flower and Zurich. Ahead of Sunday’s Greatwood Hurdle, Anthea Lee tells the story of Pioneer Pete, who is named after her late father, Peter Beaumont.

For the final show from Bahrain, Nick is joined by the Daily Mail’s Steve Ryder on the day of the first Group 1 Bahrain International Trophy. They bring the latest on Sallaal’s withdrawal and Oisin Murphy’s switch to Seagulls Eleven, then look ahead to the big three days at Cheltenham, from Jonbon in the Shloer Chase to the Paddy Power Gold Cup. Sam Twiston-Davies, heading to the gallops as he speaks, explains why Quebecois could help Paul Nicholls equal Martin Pipe’s all-time record. Harry Fry is hoping for rain for Idaho Sun in Sunday’s Greatwood Hurdle and weighs up Gidleigh Park’s chance against Jonbon. Ludlow’s Simon Sherwood explains how the summer drought has cost the course every fixture of the 2026–27 season, and Sophie Buckley tells Nick how Culworth Grounds landed Group 1 winner Hawk Mountain from Coolmore.

Nick is in Bahrain on the eve of the first Bahrain International Trophy, and Lydia Hislop joins him for the show. They begin by remembering Tom O’Brien, who died yesterday aged 39, and BHA chief executive Brant Dunshea pays tribute to his former colleague. Lydia gives her view on Willie Mullins’s fresh warning to Cheltenham over the state of the Festival ground, before Plumpton director Tom Savill explains the newly launched Gambling Policy Commission and Brant gives the BHA’s response. At the Bahrain Turf Club, Michael Owen and Hugo Palmer talk Seagulls Eleven and Glacius, Chris Wall assesses Wimbledon Hawkeye’s chance, and Dan Kübler reports on life training in the kingdom. York clerk Anthea Morshead looks ahead to Pioneer Pete’s bid in Sunday’s Greatwood Hurdle for Jonjo and AJ O’Neill, a horse she bred and named after her late father, Peter Beaumont. Dr Anna-Louise Mackinnon of the Injured Jockeys Fund explains how injured riders are cared for once they leave A&E, and Lydia closes with the TBA’s landmark traceability research.

The programme begins with the very sad news that former jockey Tom O’Brien, a multiple Grade 1 winner and Cheltenham Festival winner, has died aged just 39. Johnson White, who worked alongside Tom for around two decades at Philip Hobbs and Johnson White’s yard, pays tribute to “the life and soul of any get-together”, and Oli Bell, who joins Nick for today’s show, remembers a loyal stalwart of the weighing room. Baroness Minette Batters, chair of the Horse Welfare Board, tells Nick about last night’s reception at the Houses of Parliament to launch the board’s new five-year welfare plan, with traceability and wearable technology at its heart. Tom Bellamy explains what happened at Huntingdon yesterday, when the final race was void after Blues Singer was withdrawn at the start, and gives an update on White Noise. From Bahrain, Henry de Bromhead talks about his first runner in the kingdom and his strong team for Cheltenham this weekend, and Mr Araci’s racing manager discusses Glacius’s chances in Friday’s Bahrain International Trophy and Libertango’s 1,000 Guineas plans. Mini Mac’s three wins for James Owen secure a share of ARC’s first all-weather bonus, Jim McGrath reports on Saffie Osborne’s promising start in Hong Kong, and Goffs chief executive Henry Beeby previews the new Chicquita Session.

Nick is in Bahrain, with Jane Mangan alongside him. The programme begins with the very sad news that apprentice rider Izzy Neale has died aged just 22, following a fall at Warren in New South Wales on Sunday. Harry Derham explains why he reported a senior member of his staff to the BHA for passing on inside information, a case that has ended in a two-year disqualification. He also discusses Cristal D’Estruval’s sparkling chase debut at Carlisle and his plans for Grade 1 winner Le Frimeur. Nick heads down to the track at the Bahrain Turf Club ahead of Friday’s $1.5 million Bahrain International Trophy, the kingdom’s first international Group 1. He hears from Sheikh Isa on the race’s journey from its first running in 2019, and from Karl Burke on defending champion Royal Champion. Jane and Nick also discuss Englishman’s retirement to stud and the stellar novice chase entry at Cheltenham this weekend. For the Timeform Pulse, Dan Barber looks back at Gavin Sheehan reaching 1,000 winners. On the Weatherbys world tour, Pascal Noue of Haras de la Hetraie warns that France’s National Hunt foal crop could fall by up to 15% next year.