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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
LR 05 Dec 2024 GEEL DRAW ATTENTION $17 3F MDN 1221m $37,500 PETER G MOODY & KATHERINE COLEMAN 1:11.66
2 of 9 04 Dec 2024 CHTH ROADCONE $3.0 3U BM70 1500m $55,000 PETER G MOODY & KATHERINE COLEMAN 1:29.86
6 of 9 04 Dec 2024 CHTH WOMEN IN UNIFORM $26 3U CL1 1500m $55,000 BILL PAPAZAHAROUDAKIS 1:30.26
2 of 12 04 Dec 2024 CHTH REACH THE PEAK $51 3U MDN 1600m $55,000 PETER G MOODY & KATHERINE COLEMAN 1:36.54
6 of 7 03 Dec 2024 BDGO LOVEAGE $4.5 3U MDN 1500m $27,000 PETER G MOODY & KATHERINE COLEMAN 1:34.20
10 of 14 30 Nov 2024 CAUL MOLLYNICKERS $8.0 4UM OPEN G3 1600m $201,300 PETER G MOODY & KATHERINE COLEMAN 1:39.71
7 of 9 30 Nov 2024 CAUL ROLL ON HIGH $12 OPEN G3 1400m $201,300 PETER G MOODY & KATHERINE COLEMAN 1:26.36
3 of 11 30 Nov 2024 CAUL BERKELEY SQUARE $5.5 OPEN G2 2400m $751,800 DAN O'SULLIVAN 2:33.01
8 of 11 30 Nov 2024 CAUL STYLISH SECRET $21 3 OPEN G2 1600m $301,800 MICHAEL NOLAN 1:41.02
8 of 10 30 Nov 2024 CAUL MALDINI $17 2 OPEN LR 1000m $175,750 PETER G MOODY & KATHERINE COLEMAN 0:58.84

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 8 12.9% 12 32.3% 62 $1,354,790 0 0 0 1 $0.49
PHILLIP STOKES 1 10.0% 3 40.0% 10 $310,850 0 0 0 1 $0.65
BILL PAPAZAHAROUDAKIS 1 20.0% 1 40.0% 5 $38,975 0 0 0 0 $0.90
MICHAEL 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 -
PATRICK KEANE 0 0.0% 2 100.0% 2 $11,700 0 0 0 0 -
CLIFF BROWN 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 2 $2,700 0 0 0 0 -
CLINTON MCDONALD 0 0.0% 1 50.0% 2 $5,350 0 0 0 0 -
R GRIFFITHS & M DE KOCK 0 0.0% 1 50.0% 2 $14,700 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 -
BEN O'FARRELL 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 1 $1,750 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 16.3% 57 41.4% 227 $2,452,653 0 3 0 2 $0.74
PETER G MOODY & KATHERINE COLEMAN 34 15.6% 51 39.0% 218 $6,469,095 1 0 1 1 $0.62
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
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 $0.85
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
2015/16 24 18.0% 36 45.1% 133 $1,005,645 1 0 0 1 $0.80
Overall 1972 13.7% 3191 22.1% 14420 $116,224,242 40 44 49 82 $0.80