Luck

A new show begins tonight on Sky Atlantic called Luck. Its about the dark side of horse racing and stars Dustin Hoffman and Nick Nolte. Its the first episode of season 1. Dont miss it.

Not sure too many non racing fans will enjoy this.....tbh, not sure how many racing fans will.

Would love to hear opinions on the first episode, especially the "Pick 6"......let's see who can catch the blooper.

Another backward step for the racing industry,was a good watch but they are not painting a very good picture...

Fucking sick show,just watched the whole episode,starts with a Gangster being released from Jail and being met by his driver .The driver has to act as a front for a $2m horse he bought from behind bars..

Then we meet a trainer who has obv held on to a horse and the punted to win after a long layoff..

Then they introduce the degenerate gamblers and loansharks at the tracks(who go onto win the pick six for over $2m)

The last leg of the pick six they need the 8 horse to win to net them $3m but when the poor animal is pulled out for a run the horse snaps a leg..

We then have to watch as the crying jockey comforts the poor animal as the vet puts him to sleep..

fuck Hollywood <

How about the $864 (odd) pick 6 they took that should actually work out at something like $2600 (odd), remembering that a pick 6 in California costs $2 per line (base unit)

I read somewhere the other day that 2 horses have been euthanized (for real) during the filming of luck..............

HBO show Luck attacked over horse deaths

Hoffman plays ex-convict Chester Bernstein in Luck

Animal rights group Peta has called for TV and film safety rules to be tightened after two horses were put down during filming for HBO drama Luck.

The animals were injured in the making of the show starring Dustin Hoffman.

Rights group Peta said it "repeatedly reached out" to HBO before filming to offer safety advice but was "rebuffed".

HBO, which worked with the American Humane Association, said both were "committed to ensuring all necessary safety procedures" were in place.

Luck, conceived by NYPD Blue creator David Milch, is billed as "a provocative look at the world of horse racing - the owners, gamblers, jockeys and diverse gaming industry players".

The first episode - shown in the US on 29 January - will be broadcast in the UK on Sky Atlantic on 18 February.

The AHA said in a statement that the fatal accidents had taken place several months apart - one during the filming of a pilot episode and another during the filming of the seventh show.

The organisation's standard "no animals were harmed" statement was removed from the credits of both episodes.

'Inoperable' condition
The AHA said both racehorses "stumbled and fell during short racing sequences".

"The horses were checked immediately afterwards by the onsite veterinarians and in each case a severe fracture deemed the condition inoperable," it added.

"The decision was that the most humane course of action was euthanasia."

HBO fully adopted all of AHA's rigorous safety guidelines before production resumed”

HBO statement
It listed a series of precautions taken including that each horse was "limited to three runs per day and was rested in between those runs".

In a statement released to the New York Observer, HBO said filming was suspended after the second accident "while the production worked with AHA and racing industry experts to adopt additional protocols specifically for horse racing sequences".

They included "the hiring of an additional veterinarian and radiography of the legs of all horses being used by the production".

"HBO fully adopted all of AHA's rigorous safety guidelines before production resumed."

But, in a blog on its website, Peta said: "Perhaps if producers had considered the proved safety protocols that we would have suggested, these horses would still be alive."

It added that "two dead horses in a handful of episodes exemplify the dark side of using animals in television, movies, and ads".

It said it was now in discussions with HBO "about how to prevent even more deaths on the show".

Klomp kuk mense

HBO have suspended filming after a 3rd horse dies

Series has been cancelled

Bad Luck....:S

I would bet money the show was canceled because nobody was watching it.

One day after a third horse died on the set of the HBO drama "Luck," HBO announced that it has ceased all future production.

The racetrack series premiered just last month, and it's expected that it will finish out the first season. (They were in the midst of filming season 2.)

In a statement, the network said, "Safety is always of paramount concern. We maintained the highest safety standards throughout production, higher in fact than any protocols existing in horseracing anywhere, with many fewer incidents than occur in racing or than befall horses normally in barns at night or pastures."



The network goes on to say, "While we maintained the highest safety standards possible, accidents unfortunately happen and it is impossible to guarantee they won’t in the future. Accordingly, we have reached this difficult decision."