Trainer Tony Noonan and his jockey son Jake have combined for their first city win together with stable favourite Soul Diva at Caulfield.Jake Noonan, 17, grew up riding the eight-year-old mare trackwork and was as thrilled as his father as he returned to scale after scoring an upset win at $41 in Saturday's Clamms Seafood Handicap (1400m)."It is great," Tony Noonan said."Not just because Jake rode her but because this mare has been one of my favourites."I bought her as a yearling in Perth and sh

Trainer Tony Noonan and his jockey son Jake have combined for their first city win together with stable favourite Soul Diva at Caulfield.

Jake Noonan, 17, grew up riding the eight-year-old mare trackwork and was as thrilled as his father as he returned to scale after scoring an upset win at $41 in Saturday's Clamms Seafood Handicap (1400m).

"It is great," Tony Noonan said.

"Not just because Jake rode her but because this mare has been one of my favourites.

"I bought her as a yearling in Perth and she has now won 11 of 35 starts.

"She's had a tendon injury and had chips out of a fetlock joint last preparation so to bring her back and win with her in town is just an enormous thrill."

Noonan said he thought Soul Diva, who was second-up, still needed a conditioning run to be at her best and was pleasantly surprised with how the race panned out in her favour.

"In the run I was confident because she tracked into it really nicely and had spent no petrol," he said.

"He (Jake) rode her very well."

But young Noonan feared he would get a roasting from his father when he decided to take his chances on the rail mid-race.

"I was a bit worried going back to the paint and I thought Dad was going to cut my head off, but we got out at the right time," Jake said.

"She was travelling but I didn't think she would show the turn of foot that she did."

Soul Diva rocketed home to score a long neck win over Philda with Arch Symbol a short head away third.

"I have had a good connection with this horse as I grew up riding her trackwork," Jake said.

"Dad said just ride her like a trackwork gallop and make your last 100 metres your best."

Apprenticed to his father, Noonan has now ridden eight city winners since he started race riding last year.

"I just haven't had that many horses good enough to put him on," Noonan said, referring to the limited opportunities he has been able to give his son.

However Noonan is hopeful that more wins are ahead for father and son with stakes-placed Soul Diva before she goes to stud this year.