Light Fingers Stakes
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| Class | Group 2 |
|---|---|
| Location | Randwick Racecourse, Sydney, Australia |
| Inaugurated | 1979 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred |
| Sponsor | TAB (2017-2026) |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1,200 metres |
| Surface | Turf |
| Qualification | Three year old fillies |
| Weight | Set weights (56 kg) |
| Purse | $300,000 (2026) |
The Light Fingers Stakes is an Australian Turf Club Group 2 Thoroughbred horse race, for three-year-old fillies at set weights, over a distance of 1200 metres at Randwick Racecourse in Sydney, Australia every February.[1]
Grade
The race is named in honour of the 1965 Melbourne Cup and dual Oaks winner Light Fingers.
- 1983–1985 - Listed Race
- 1986 - Group 2
- 1987–1990 - Group 3
- 1991 onwards - Group 2
Distance
- 1979–1996 – 1200 metres
- 1997–1998 – 1100 metres
- 1999–2003 – 1200 metres
- 2004 – 1180 metres
- 2005 onwards - 1200 metres
Venue
- 1979–2001 - Randwick Racecourse
- 2002 - Warwick Farm Racecourse
- 2003–2011 - Randwick Racecourse
- 2012 - Warwick Farm Racecourse
- 2013 - Rosehill Gardens Racecourse
- 2014 onwards - Randwick Racecourse
Winners
The following are winners of the race.[2]
- 2026 - Savvy Hallie
- 2025 - Lady Shenandoah
- 2024 - Kimochi
- 2023 - In Secret[3]
- 2022 - Fangirl[4]
- 2021 - Every Rose[5]
- 2020 - Flit[6]
- 2019 - Nakeeta Jane[7]
- 2018 - Alizee[8]
- 2017 - Global Glamour[9]
- 2016 - Perignon[10]
- 2015 - Adrift[11]
- 2014 - Sweet Idea[12]
- 2013 - Bennetta[13]
- 2012 - Sea Siren[14]
- 2011 - Obsequious[15]
- 2010 - More Joyous[16]
- 2009 - Rock Me Baby[17]
- 2008 - Forensics[18]
- 2007 - Gold Edition[19]
- 2006 - Street Smart[20]
- 2005 - Trezevant[21]
- 2004 - Sharp[22]
- 2003 - Only Glory[23]
- 2002 - Ancient Song[24]
- 2001 - Lady Mulan[25]
- 2000 - Camena[26]
- 1999 - Rubicall[27]
- 1998 - Staging[28]
- 1997 - Assertive Lass[29]
- 1996 - Peruzzi[30]
- 1995 - Flight To Fantasy[31]
- 1994 - Gem Of The West[32]
- 1993 - Skating[33]
- 1992 - Office[34]
- 1991 - Whisked[35]
- 1990 - Joanne[36]
- 1989 - Paris Miss[37]
- 1988 - Here's The Point[38]
- 1987 - Magic Flute[39]
- 1986 - Shinakima[40]
- 1985 - Rivage
- 1984 - Sabre Dancer
- 1983 - Emancipation
- 1982 - Playing Our Song
- 1981 - Shaybisc