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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
5 of 12 23 Dec 2025 MORN LIM'S SMYTHE $2.8 BM62 1500m $27,000 DAN MEAGHER 1:32.17
2 of 9 23 Dec 2025 MORN TASSORTING $3.8 3U MDN 1000m $32,000 JEROME HUNTER 0:58.77
3 of 8 23 Dec 2025 MORN AQUA STORM $0.75 MDN 1500m $32,000 PETER G MOODY & KATHERINE COLEMAN 1:32.22
8 of 13 21 Dec 2025 SALE BLACK COAL $4.5 4U MDN 1415m $42,500 GAVIN BEDGGOOD 1:25.63
7 of 7 21 Dec 2025 SALE PACIFIC REEL $4 3 MDN 1415m $42,500 PETER G MOODY & KATHERINE COLEMAN 1:25.20
5 of 10 20 Dec 2025 CHTH SHAIME $11 3UFM BM78 1200m $130,000 CLIFF BROWN 1:09.77
6 of 9 20 Dec 2025 CHTH GOLD CZECH $17 2 OPEN 1100m $250,000 LIAM BIRCHLEY 1:04.50
4 of 8 20 Dec 2025 CHTH RHINOCEROS $14 3U BM84 1800m $130,000 EMMA-LEE & DAVID BROWNE 1:50.11
4 of 5 20 Dec 2025 CHTH ASEVENTY SEVEN $20 3U BM70 1800m $80,000 EMMA-LEE & DAVID BROWNE 1:49.37
11 of 16 13 Dec 2025 PAKM SOUGHT AFTER $11 3U BM84 1200m $100,000 PETER G MOODY & KATHERINE COLEMAN 1:09.03
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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 8 15.7% 17 49.0% 51 $818,540 0 1 1 0 $0.66
ROBBIE GRIFFITHS 2 28.6% 1 42.9% 7 $59,425 0 0 0 0 $1.36
PATRICK & MICHELLE PAYNE 1 25.0% 1 50.0% 4 $55,150 0 0 0 0 $1.25
DAN O'SULLIVAN 1 50.0% 0 50.0% 2 $307,500 0 0 0 1 $4.50
GRAHAME BEGG 1 100.0% 0 100.0% 1 $24,750 0 0 0 0 $12.00
DAN MEAGHER 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 4 $35,685 0 0 0 0 -
EMMA-LEE & DAVID BROWNE 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 4 $24,000 0 0 0 0 -
J G SYMONS & S LAXON 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 4 $4,200 0 0 0 0 -
KEN & KASEY KEYS 0 0.0% 1 33.3% 3 $6,200 0 0 0 0 -
BILL PAPAZAHAROUDAKIS 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 3 $5,750 0 0 0 0 -
CLINTON MCDONALD 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 2 $1,750 0 0 0 0 -
CLIFF BROWN 0 0.0% 1 50.0% 2 $14,700 0 0 0 0 -
GAVIN BEDGGOOD 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 1 $850 0 0 0 0 -
BEN, WILL & JD HAYES 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 1 $850 0 0 0 0 -
VINCENT NOLEN 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 19.1% 83 45.5% 314 $3,069,422 1 2 1 2 $0.87
PETER G MOODY & KATHERINE COLEMAN 49 15.3% 82 40.9% 320 $7,835,470 1 1 2 1 $0.73
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% 432 $489,120 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 38 16.5% 57 41.1% 231 $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 22 12.0% 39 33.3% 183 $2,108,705 0 1 1 1 $0.76
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 1994 13.7% 3230 22.1% 14603 $118,332,947 40 45 50 83 $0.80