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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
2 of 6 20 Nov 2024 CHTH DIVINE THOUGHTS $2.6 FM BM70 1500m $50,000 PETER G MOODY & KATHERINE COLEMAN 1:29.59
6 of 8 20 Nov 2024 CHTH VERSAILLE $7.5 3 BM64 1200m $50,000 PETER G MOODY & KATHERINE COLEMAN 1:09.28
3 of 8 20 Nov 2024 CHTH ITAZURA $10 2 OPEN 1000m $50,000 PETER G MOODY & KATHERINE COLEMAN 0:57.82
14 of 14 16 Nov 2024 CAUL GENTLEMAN ROY $26 3U OPEN G1 1400m $1,004,000 BEN, WILL & JD HAYES 1:23.56
3 of 15 16 Nov 2024 CAUL ARRAN BAY $7.0 3U OPEN 2000m $500,700 PHILLIP STOKES 2:02.92
8 of 16 16 Nov 2024 CAUL ENEEZA $17 3F OPEN G3 1200m $200,000 PETER G MOODY & KATHERINE COLEMAN 1:11.32
6 of 9 16 Nov 2024 CAUL CELSIUS STAR $26 OPEN LR 1100m $175,000 PHILLIP STOKES 1:04.89
5 of 11 16 Nov 2024 CAUL LADY DI DI $17 BM74 1100m $80,000 CLIFF BROWN 1:05.91
1 of 13 15 Nov 2024 SEYM HAWKINS $2.1 MDN 1600m $27,000 PETER G MOODY & KATHERINE COLEMAN 1:37.36
4 of 11 15 Nov 2024 SEYM CREATIVE RIGHTEOUS $8.5 MDN 1100m $27,000 MATTHEW BROWN 1:03.97

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 10 15.4% 13 35.4% 65 $1,694,930 0 0 1 1 $0.63
PHILLIP STOKES 1 11.1% 3 44.4% 9 $308,250 0 0 0 1 $0.72
BILL PAPAZAHAROUDAKIS 1 25.0% 2 75.0% 4 $39,375 0 0 0 0 $1.15
MICHAEL NOLAN 1 33.3% 1 66.7% 3 $92,675 0 0 0 0 $1.83
CLIFF BROWN 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 3 $3,800 0 0 0 0 -
R GRIFFITHS & M DE KOCK 0 0.0% 2 66.7% 3 $32,700 0 0 0 0 -
EMMA-LEE & DAVID BROWNE 0 0.0% 1 50.0% 2 $360,700 0 0 0 0 -
CLINTON MCDONALD 0 0.0% 1 50.0% 2 $5,350 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 -
NIGEL BLACKISTON 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 1 $700 0 0 0 0 -
PATRICK KEANE 0 0.0% 1 100.0% 1 $6,300 0 0 0 0 -
BRETT SCOTT 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 1 $800 0 0 0 0 -
ROBBIE LAING 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 1 - 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 19.2% 83 45.7% 313 $3,067,922 1 2 1 2 $0.88
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 16.4% 57 41.6% 226 $2,450,053 0 3 0 2 $0.75
PETER G MOODY & KATHERINE COLEMAN 34 16.7% 46 39.4% 203 $6,386,470 1 0 1 1 $0.67
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 56 17.9% 76 42.2% 313 $5,257,495 1 0 1 2 $0.96
2023 32 12.3% 67 37.9% 261 $7,587,998 1 0 0 1 $0.56
2022 60 14.9% 101 40.0% 403 $9,214,930 0 2 0 4 $0.74
2021 47 16.2% 70 40.2% 291 $4,668,490 1 2 3 2 $1.23
2020 74 12.2% 136 34.5% 608 $3,561,835 0 1 1 1 $0.91
2019 70 13.2% 119 35.5% 532 $4,274,620 0 0 3 2 $0.76
2018 64 12.9% 120 36.9% 498 $3,064,249 0 0 1 2 $0.86
2017 69 12.6% 110 32.6% 549 $3,857,023 1 3 2 2 $0.67
2016 59 16.0% 95 41.8% 368 $2,606,448 1 1 0 2 $0.98
2015 48 15.1% 79 40.1% 317 $1,650,800 0 0 0 1 $1.09
Overall 1972 13.7% 3183 22.1% 14396 $116,039,818 40 44 49 82 $0.80