# Luke Currie

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{{short description|Australian jockey}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Use Australian English|date=June 2014}}
thumb|Luke Currie at the Hong Kong Sprint in 2023
'''Luke Richard Currie''' (born 24 July 1981) is an Australian [jockey](/source/jockey).

Currie has ridden in Singapore, Malaysia and [Mauritius](/source/Mauritius), and is now based in Hong Kong.<ref>[http://www.thoroughbrednews.com.au/singapore-racing/Default.aspx?id=25388 Australian Luke Currie to commence riding in Singapore]</ref><ref>[http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,25859291-5016491,00.html Currie's Cardinal win]</ref> His most prestigious victories are the 2003 Group 1 [Toorak Handicap](/source/Toorak_Handicap) riding [Roman Arch](/source/Roman_Arch), 2002 [VRC Queen Elizabeth Stakes](/source/VRC_Queen_Elizabeth_Stakes), where he rode [Makybe Diva](/source/Makybe_Diva), and the 2012 Group 2 Australia Stakes riding Sea Lord (Street Cry) for trainer Stephen Brown.<ref>[http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/11/09/1036308532449.html Race isn't over till the fast Diva sings]</ref><ref>[http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2002/11/12/1037080729110.html Currie picks up plum Sandown ride]</ref> As of late June 2021, he has ridden 1,358 winners, including 13 in Group One races.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.racing.com/jockeys/luke-currie| title = Luke Currie| publisher = Racing.com| access-date =26 June 2021}}</ref>

== Major wins ==
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* [All-Star Mile](/source/All-Star_Mile) – (1) – ''[Mr Brightside](/source/Mr_Brightside_(horse)) (2023)''
* [Australian Guineas](/source/Australian_Guineas) – (1) – ''[Hey Doc](/source/Hey_Doc) (2017)''
* [Blue Diamond Stakes](/source/Blue_Diamond_Stakes) – (2) – ''[Lyre](/source/Lyre_(horse)) (2019)'', ''Artorius (2021)''
* [Coolmore Stud Stakes](/source/Coolmore_Stud_Stakes) – (1) – ''[Sunlight](/source/Sunlight_(horse)) (2018)''
* [Manikato Stakes](/source/Manikato_Stakes) – (2) – ''[Hey Doc](/source/Hey_Doc) (2017,2020)''
* [Newmarket Handicap](/source/Newmarket_Handicap) – (1) – ''Zoutori (2021)''
* [Orr Stakes](/source/C_F_Orr_Stakes) – (2) – ''[Suavito](/source/Suavito) (2016)'', ''[Manuel](/source/Manuel_(Australian_horse)) (2019)''
* [Toorak Handicap](/source/Toorak_Handicap) – (1) – ''[Roman Arch](/source/Roman_Arch) (2003)''
* [VRC Champions Stakes](/source/Champions_Stakes_(VRC)) – (1) – ''Arcadia Queen (2020)''
* [William Reid Stakes](/source/William_Reid_Stakes) – (1) – ''[Sunlight](/source/Sunlight_(horse)) (2019)''
* [Winterbottom Stakes](/source/Winterbottom_Stakes) – (1) – ''[Hey Doc](/source/Hey_Doc) (2019)''
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==References==
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