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LUKE NOLEN

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Queensland product Luke Nolen started his apprenticeship in his home town of Dalby in 1997 before joining Gerald Egan at Mansfield in 1998.

Riding his first winner at Albury in March of the same year, Nolen rose through the Victorian riding ranks during the 2000's and became the number 1 rider for the strong Peter Moody stable in 2003.

Luke Nolen picked up his first Group 1 win aboard Wonderful World in the 2006 Caulfield Guineas for Bart Cummings his first spring feature win coming the following year on El Segundo in the WS Cox Plate.

In 2009, Nolen began his partnership with champion sprinter Black Caviar, riding the great mare in 22 of her 25 wins, 14 of them at Group 1 level including the thrilling Diamond Jubilee at Royal Ascot in 2012.

Luke Nolen is a multiple Melbourne jockey premiership winning rider, winning it three years running between 2010-2012.

First Runner 26 Jan 1998
Factorway (Aus)  
Wangaratta (Vic)  |  Class 1 Handicap
First Win 28 Mar 1998
Price Hike (Aus)
Albury (Nsw)  |  Open Handicap
Best Horse :
BLACK CAVIAR (Timeform Rating 136)
BEL ESPRIT (AUS)  HELSINGE (AUS)  [By DESERT SUN (GB)]
First Group Win (G1):
WONDERFUL WORLD (14 Oct 2006)

LUKE NOLEN's Career

Latest Rides

FP Date Course Runner Div Type Distance PM AUD $ Trainer Time
6 of 8 07 Sep 2025 BDGO STREET LARK $1.7 3U BM62 1400m $35,000 PETER G MOODY & KATHERINE COLEMAN 1:28.21
1 of 9 07 Sep 2025 BDGO BLINDEDBYTHELIGHT $3.2 4U MDN 1300m $42,500 PETER G MOODY & KATHERINE COLEMAN 1:20.69
3 of 10 07 Sep 2025 BDGO LET IT BEEL $7.5 3 MDN 1300m $42,500 PETER G MOODY & KATHERINE COLEMAN 1:21.71
9 of 14 06 Sep 2025 M V ROTHFIRE $12 3U OPEN G1 1000m $750,000 ROBERT HEATHCOTE 0:57.82
1 of 10 06 Sep 2025 M V DESERT LIGHTNING $1.25 3U OPEN 1500m $200,000 PETER G MOODY & KATHERINE COLEMAN 1:30.61
11 of 14 06 Sep 2025 M V FAME $5.5 3U BM78 2040m $80,000 PETER G MOODY & KATHERINE COLEMAN 2:05.34
3 of 9 05 Sep 2025 MORN OLIVIA ROSE $4.5 4U MDN 1000m $32,000 PETER G MOODY & KATHERINE COLEMAN 0:59.27
2 of 10 04 Sep 2025 MOE BOHEMIAN ANGEL $4.5 3UFM BM62 1208m $35,000 PETER G MOODY & KATHERINE COLEMAN 1:16.69
5 of 8 04 Sep 2025 MOE TAIKYU $10 3UCG BM62 1614m $35,000 ANGUS TOWNLEY 1:43.48
8 of 10 03 Sep 2025 SANH POCKET SIZE $13 3UFM BM70 1000m $50,000 BILL PAPAZAHAROUDAKIS 0:56.68

Trainer Statistics

Last 100 Runners
Career
Trainer Name Wins Win (%) Places Place (%) Rides PM AUD $ G1(w) G2(w) G3(w) LR(w) ROI
PETER G MOODY & KATHERINE COLEMAN 9 15.3% 15 40.7% 59 $1,412,305 0 0 0 1 $0.59
PHILLIP STOKES 1 11.1% 2 33.3% 9 $297,350 0 0 0 1 $0.72
BILL PAPAZAHAROUDAKIS 1 14.3% 1 28.6% 7 $41,975 0 0 0 0 $0.66
PATRICK KEANE 0 0.0% 2 66.7% 3 $12,600 0 0 0 0 -
MICK NOLAN 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 2 $28,500 0 0 0 0 -
EMMA-LEE & DAVID BROWNE 0 0.0% 2 100.0% 2 $369,000 0 0 0 0 -
CLIFF BROWN 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 2 $2,700 0 0 0 0 -
R GRIFFITHS & M DE KOCK 0 0.0% 1 50.0% 2 $14,700 0 0 0 0 -
ROBERT HEATHCOTE 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 1 - 0 0 0 0 -
ANGUS TOWNLEY 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 1 $1,050 0 0 0 0 -
DAN O'SULLIVAN 0 0.0% 1 100.0% 1 $67,500 0 0 0 0 -
MICHAEL KENT 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 1 $1,500 0 0 0 0 -
KERRY TAPLIN 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 1 $1,600 0 0 0 0 -
BEN, WILL & JD HAYES 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 1 - 0 0 0 0 -
MATTHEW BROWN 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 1 $1,215 0 0 0 0 -
Trainer Name Wins Win (%) Places Place (%) Rides PM AUD $ G1(w) G2(w) G3(w) LR(w) ROI
PETER G MOODY 855 19.3% 1132 44.8% 4436 $61,645,109 33 34 29 49 $0.87
D & B HAYES & T DABERNIG 75 13.0% 134 36.2% 577 $5,010,396 0 0 4 3 $0.72
MICHAEL KENT 60 19.1% 83 45.5% 314 $3,069,422 1 2 1 2 $0.87
ROBERT SMERDON 46 17.9% 68 44.4% 257 $1,662,209 0 0 2 1 $0.93
GERALD EGAN 40 9.3% 89 29.9% 431 $488,420 0 0 0 0 $0.49
CIARON MAHER 40 19.3% 56 46.4% 207 $1,297,472 0 0 0 1 $0.78
PHILLIP STOKES 37 16.2% 57 41.2% 228 $2,453,553 0 3 0 2 $0.74
PETER G MOODY & KATHERINE COLEMAN 36 15.9% 55 40.1% 227 $6,618,335 1 0 1 1 $0.63
BEN & JD HAYES 23 13.5% 35 34.1% 170 $1,788,655 0 1 0 2 $1.15
BART CUMMINGS 23 16.5% 27 36.0% 139 $2,113,626 1 0 3 2 $1.26
COLIN LITTLE 22 14.4% 34 36.6% 153 $2,733,056 1 1 0 0 $0.77
GREG EURELL 19 15.0% 30 38.6% 127 $532,718 0 0 1 0 $0.75
DARREN WEIR 17 12.4% 27 32.1% 137 $744,414 0 0 1 0 $0.74
BRIAN COX 17 13.6% 24 32.8% 125 $230,695 0 0 0 0 $0.58
LEE FREEDMAN 17 15.7% 27 40.7% 108 $776,000 0 0 1 3 $1.68

Seasons Summary Statistics

Season Wins Win (%) Places Place (%) Rides PM AUD $ G1(w) G2(w) G3(w) LR(w) ROI
2025/26 2 13.3% 4 40.0% 15 $155,090 0 0 0 0 $0.43
2024/25 24 13.6% 45 39.0% 177 $3,148,145 0 0 1 2 $0.74
2023/24 44 16.7% 62 40.3% 263 $5,932,830 1 0 0 0 $0.86
2022/23 51 14.6% 92 41.0% 349 $11,562,223 1 2 0 4 $0.74
2021/22 54 15.3% 81 38.2% 353 $3,851,275 0 1 2 3 $0.94
2020/21 53 13.4% 93 36.8% 397 $4,148,680 1 2 2 1 $0.95
2019/20 75 12.5% 129 34.0% 600 $4,405,145 0 0 3 1 $0.87
2018/19 60 11.4% 129 36.0% 525 $3,122,280 0 0 1 2 $0.65
2017/18 62 13.3% 104 35.7% 465 $3,247,346 1 2 0 2 $0.87
2016/17 84 14.4% 131 36.8% 585 $3,853,944 0 2 2 2 $0.88
Overall 1974 13.7% 3195 22.1% 14435 $116,379,332 40 44 49 82 $0.80