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LUKE NOLEN

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Jockey - LUKE NOLEN

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)
AGNES WORLD (USA)  SUCCESS TALE (AUS)  [By SUCCESS EXPRESS (AUS)]

LUKE NOLEN's Career

Latest Rides

FP Date Course Runner Div Type Distance PM AUD $ Trainer Time
9 of 10 11 Oct 2025 CAUL DESERT LIGHTNING $40 OPEN G1 1600m $1,000,000 PETER G MOODY & KATHERINE COLEMAN 1:35.64
9 of 12 11 Oct 2025 CAUL GALA QUEEN $10 4UM OPEN G3 1600m $240,000 PHILLIP STOKES 1:38.70
9 of 13 11 Oct 2025 CAUL VIVID SUN $6 3F OPEN 1200m $150,000 PETER G MOODY & KATHERINE COLEMAN 1:10.28
10 of 12 11 Oct 2025 CAUL SHAHZAD $100 3U BM80 1700m $150,000 EMMA-LEE & DAVID BROWNE 1:43.22
5 of 11 10 Oct 2025 CRAN FLASHLIGHT $2.7 3U BM62 2520m $40,000 PATRICK & MICHELLE PAYNE 2:40.08
6 of 7 10 Oct 2025 CRAN ALMA RISE $3.2 3UFM OPEN 2025m $100,000 PETER G MOODY & KATHERINE COLEMAN 2:04.55
6 of 7 10 Oct 2025 CRAN SUGAR COAT $3.4 3U BM66 1300m $40,000 PETER G MOODY & KATHERINE COLEMAN 1:18.00
2 of 11 10 Oct 2025 CRAN LET IT BEEL $0.95 3U MDN 1600m $45,000 PETER G MOODY & KATHERINE COLEMAN 1:38.83
2 of 9 06 Oct 2025 BRAT TOUCHDOWN $1.6 3U BM0-62 1600m $27,000 BEN, WILL & JD HAYES 1:39.80
5 of 7 06 Oct 2025 BRAT EYES OF BLUE $3.2 3F MDN 1000m $32,000 PETER G MOODY & KATHERINE COLEMAN 0:59.58
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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 6 9.7% 19 40.3% 62 $557,400 0 0 0 0 $0.76
PHILLIP STOKES 1 11.1% 2 33.3% 9 $90,350 0 0 0 0 $0.78
BEN, WILL & JD HAYES 1 20.0% 1 40.0% 5 $28,665 0 0 0 0 $0.23
BILL PAPAZAHAROUDAKIS 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 5 $14,600 0 0 0 0 -
EMMA-LEE & DAVID BROWNE 0 0.0% 1 25.0% 4 $14,200 0 0 0 0 -
DAN O'SULLIVAN 0 0.0% 1 50.0% 2 $83,250 0 0 0 0 -
PATRICK KEANE 0 0.0% 1 50.0% 2 $6,300 0 0 0 0 -
PATRICK & MICHELLE PAYNE 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 1 $1,200 0 0 0 0 -
ROBBIE GRIFFITHS 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 1 - 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 -
MICK NOLAN 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 1 $6,000 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 -
CLIFF BROWN 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 1 $2,000 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
PETER G MOODY & KATHERINE COLEMAN 39 15.2% 62 39.3% 257 $6,902,255 1 0 1 1 $0.71
PHILLIP STOKES 38 16.5% 57 41.3% 230 $2,486,553 0 3 0 2 $0.76
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 7 12.1% 12 32.8% 58 $525,825 0 0 0 0 $0.92
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 1979 13.7% 3203 22.1% 14478 $116,750,067 40 44 49 82 $0.80