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The Light Fingers Stakes is a Group 2 race held at Royal Randwick Racecourse in Sydney every February worth $200,000 in total prize money.

Run over a distance of 1200m, the Light Fingers Stakes is open to three-year-old fillies and is contested with set weights. It takes place on Apollo Stakes Day during the Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival and is accompanied by three other Group status races: the Group 2 Apollo Stakes (1400m), Group 3 Southern Cross Stakes (1200m) and Group 3 Triscay Stakes (1200m).

The race is named in honour of New Zealand bred mare Light Fingers who won the Melbourne Cup in 1965 and was the first Cup winner for legendary trainer Bart Cummings.

Many of the fillies in the Light Fingers Stakes field are kicking off their autumn campaigns, and some may have run in the Group 1 Flight Stakes (1600m) at the track during the spring including in 2016 – 2017 when Global Glamour won both races, and in 2017-18 when Alizee repeated the same double.

Fillies out of the race often continue on to contest later season features including the recently upgraded Group 1 Surround Stakes (1400m) on Chipping Norton Stakes Day and even the Group 1 Vinery Stud Stakes (2000m) in March. Nakeeta Jane (2019) was the last filly to complete the Light Fingers – Surround Stakes double.

The Light Fingers Stakes 2021 ran on Saturday February 13, 2021 and was won in an upset by Every Rose (20/1).

2021 Light Fingers Stakes
Date:	Saturday February 13, 2021
Track:	Royal Randwick Racecourse
Distance:	1200m
Race Type:	3YO Fillies Set Weights 56kg
Status:	Group 2
Prize Money:	$200,000

2021 Light Fingers Stakes Results

• 1st: #6 Every Rose
• 2nd: #8 Never Talk
• 3rd: #1 Away Game

The Mark Newnham-trained Every Rose ($21) saluted from a wide alley in an upset 2021 Light Fingers Stakes result ahead of her shot at emulating stablemate Nakeeta Jane (2019) by going on to also win the Group 1 Surround Stakes.

Click here to read more on the upset win by the Every Rose in the 2021 Light Fingers results.

	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	6	EVERY ROSE	Mark Newnham	Joshua Parr		14	56kg		$21
	2	8	NEVER TALK	Kris Lees	Jason Collett	0.2L	13	56kg		$16
	3	1	AWAY GAME	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Hugh Bowman	0.4L	5	56kg		$2.60F
	4	11	ELIZABEEL	John Sargent	Robbie Dolan	1.6L	9	56kg		$51
	5	12	LOVE SENSATION	Kevin Corstens	Ms Rachel King	1.8L	3	56kg		$31
	6	5	THERMOSPHERE	James Cummings	Nash Rawiller	1.9L	10	56kg		$9
	7	3	HUNGRY HEART	Chris Waller	James McDonald	2L	8	56kg		$4.40
	8	4	VANGELIC	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Tim Clark	2.5L	4	56kg		$9
	9	10	PHILIZZY	Anthony Cummings	Regan Bayliss	2.8L	7	56kg		$61
	10	13	NICCI’S FLING	Gary Portelli	Ms Kathy O’Hara	3.9L	2	56kg		$31
	11	7	JOVIALITY	Chris Waller	Sam Clipperton	4.1L	6	56kg		$17
	12	9	SWEET REPLY	Richard & Michael Freedman	Brenton Avdulla	5.4L	11	56kg (cd 56.5kg)		$41
	13	14	ORPHEUM	Ron Quinton	Jay Ford	5.5L	12	56kg		$101
	14	2	KAHMA LASS (NZ)	Jamie Richards	Kerrin McEvoy	6.7L	1	56kg		$18
		16e	PIPPALI	Jason Coyle			0
		15e	SHE CAN SING	Michael Costa			0

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2021 Light Fingers Stakes Betting Odds

The Light Fingers Stakes 2021 odds and betting market links to Ladbrokes.com.au will be provided below the week of Apollo Stakes Day.

2021 Light Fingers Stakes Field

The Light Fingers Stakes field attracts a quality line-up of the autumn’s best three-year-old fillies, many of which are first-up off spring races including the Thousand Guineas in Melbourne.

The official Light Fingers Stakes 2021 field and barriers will be announced on Wednesday February 10, 2021 and published in full below.

The 2021 Light Fingers Stakes final field features a capacity line-up of fillies including the favourite Away Game last seen running third in the $2 million Magic Millions 3YO Guineas at the Gold Coast.

Click here to read more on the key fillies in the Light Fingers Stakes 2021 field & betting markets.

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Probable Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	1114215×23	AWAY GAME	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Hugh Bowman	6	56kg			98
2	2121x	KAHMA LASS (NZ)	Jamie Richards	Kerrin McEvoy	2	56kg			98
3	215x2227x	HUNGRY HEART	Chris Waller	James McDonald	9	56kg			94
4	1622x4330x	VANGELIC	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Tim Clark	5	56kg			87
5	0x285168x3	THERMOSPHERE	James Cummings	Nash Rawiller	11	56kg			86
6	1x2298x46x	EVERY ROSE	Mark Newnham	Joshua Parr	16	56kg			79
7	x33111520x	JOVIALITY	Chris Waller	Sam Clipperton	7	56kg			79
8	11×11715	NEVER TALK	Kris Lees	Jason Collett	14	56kg			78
9	13x222242x	SWEET REPLY	Richard & Michael Freedman	Tommy Berry	12	56kg			76
10	13477x60x4	PHILIZZY	Anthony Cummings	Regan Bayliss	8	56kg			73
11	523x21134x	ELIZABEEL	John Sargent	Robbie Dolan	10	56kg			71
12	3x2150x4	LOVE SENSATION	Kevin Corstens	Ms Rachel King	4	56kg			65
13	51x1353x3	NICCI’S FLING	Gary Portelli	Ms Kathy O’Hara	3	56kg			65
14	4x6x4108x3	ORPHEUM	Ron Quinton	Jay Ford	13	56kg			64
15e	311	SHE CAN SING	Michael Costa		1	56kg			62
16e	51	PIPPALI	Jason Coyle		15	56kg			59

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2021 Light Fingers Stakes Nominations

The 2021 Light Fingers Stakes nominations will be published here once released by Racing NSW on Monday February 8, 2021.

Seventeen fillies make-up the Light Fingers Stakes 2021 nominations including Chris Waller’s Flight Stakes runner-up Hungry Heart and the ultra-consistent star Away Game.

	Last 10	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Ballot	Weight	True Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	1114215×23	AWAY GAME	F	3	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	1	56kg			98
2	215x2227x	HUNGRY HEART	F	3	Chris Waller	2	56kg			94
3	0x285168x3	THERMOSPHERE	F	3	James Cummings	3	56kg			86
4	1622x4330x	VANGELIC	F	3	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	4	56kg			87
5	1x2298x46x	EVERY ROSE	F	3	Mark Newnham	5	56kg			79
6	2121x	KAHMA LASS (NZ)	F	3	Jamie Richards	6	56kg			98
7	11×11715	NEVER TALK	F	3	Kris Lees	7	56kg			78
8	x33111520x	JOVIALITY	F	3	Chris Waller	8	56kg			79
9	523x21134x	ELIZABEEL	F	3	John Sargent	9	56kg			71
10	13x222242x	SWEET REPLY	F	3	Richard & Michael Freedman	10	56kg			76
11	13477x60x4	PHILIZZY	F	3	Anthony Cummings	11	56kg			73
12	51x1353x3	NICCI’S FLING	F	3	Gary Portelli	12	56kg			65
13	4x6x4108x3	ORPHEUM	F	3	Ron Quinton	13	56kg			64
14	3x2150x4	LOVE SENSATION	F	3	Kevin Corstens	14	56kg			65
15	311	SHE CAN SING	F	3	Michael Costa	15	56kg			62
16	6514x	OBIRI	F	3	Edward Cummings	16	56kg			60
17	51	PIPPALI	F	3	Jason Coyle	17	56kg			59

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

Light Fingers Stakes History

The Light Fingers Stakes was classified as a Listed race from 1983 until 1985 before it was granted Group 2 status in 1986. However, in 1987 the race status was changed to Group 3. In 1991 the Light Fingers Stakes regained it’s Group 2 status and has held it ever since.

Notable recent Light Fingers Stakes winners include subsequent Surround Stakes champ Nakeeta Jane (2018), Alizee (2018), Global Glamour (2017) who won the previous spring’s Flight Stakes – Thousand Guineas double, Sweet Idea (2014), Sea Siren (2012) and More Joyous (2010).

In 2020 the Light Fingers Stakes trifecta featured all Godolphin-raced Group 1 fillies with Flit (Thousand Guineas) defeating Lyre (Blue Diamond Stakes) and Kiamichi (Golden Slipper).

See below for the Light Fingers Stakes results dating back to 2000.

Recent Light Fingers Stakes Winners

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2021 Light Fingers Stakes	1st	Every Rose	1 minute 10.75 seconds
	2nd	Never Talk
	3rd	Away Game
2020 Light Fingers Stakes	1st	Flit	1 minute 10.17 seconds
	2nd	Lyre
	3rd	Kiamichi
2019 Light Fingers Stakes	1st	Nakeeta Jane	1 minute 9.12 seconds
	2nd	Madam Rouge
	3rd	Pohutukawa
2018 Light Fingers Stakes	1st	Alizee	1 minute 10.06 seconds
	2nd	Shumookh
	3rd	Torvill
2017 Light Fingers Stakes	1st	Global Glamour	1 minute 09.70 seconds
	2nd	Foxplay
	3rd	Spright
2016 Light Fingers Stakes	1st	Perignon	1 minute 9.9 seconds
	2nd	Kangarilla
	3rd	Tempt Me Not
2015 Light Fingers Stakes	1st	Adrift	1 minute 9.4 seconds
	2nd	First Seal
	3rd	Slightly Sweet
2014 Light Fingers Stakes	1st	Sweet Idea	1 minute 9.09 seconds
	2nd	Gypsy Diamond
	3rd	Champagne Cath
2013 Light Fingers Stakes	1st	Bennetta	1 minute 10.16 seconds
	2nd	Ichihara
	3rd	Dear Demi
2012 Light Fingers Stakes	1st	Sea Siren	1 minute 16.3 seconds
	2nd	Streama
	3rd	Hallowell Belle
2011 Light Fingers Stakes	1st	Obsequious	1 minute 09.5 seconds
	2nd	Red Tracer
	3rd	Parables
2010 Light Fingers Stakes	1st	More Joyous	1 minute 9.80 seconds
	2nd	Trim
	3rd	Sweepstaking
2009 Light Fingers Stakes	1st	Rock Me Baby	1 minute 11.39 seconds
	2nd	Samantha Miss
	3rd	Glowlamp
2008 Light Fingers Stakes	1st	Forensics	1 minute 10.56 seconds
	2nd	Sliding Cube
	3rd	Seething Duck
2007 Light Fingers Stakes	1st	Gold Edition	1 minute 9.07 seconds
	2nd	Montana Sunset
	3rd	Montmelo
2006 Light Fingers Stakes	1st	Street Smart	1 minute 9.9 seconds
	2nd	Regal Cheer
	3rd	Paulini
2005 Light Fingers Stakes	1st	Trezevant	1 minute 10 seconds
	2nd	One In A Million
	3rd	But I’m Serious
2004 Light Fingers Stakes	1st	Sharp	1 minute 8.72 seconds
	2nd	Generosa
	3rd	Hinting
2003 Light Fingers Stakes	1st	Only Glory	1 minute 11.22 seconds
	2nd	Chuckle
	3rd	Bumptious
2002 Light Fingers Stakes	1st	Ancient Song	1 minute 10.98 seconds
	2nd	Hosannah
	3rd	Shouq
2001 Light Fingers Stakes	1st	Lady Mulan	1 minute 9.61 seconds
	2nd	Maitland Gold
	3rd	Belle Du Jour
2000 Light Fingers Stakes	1st	Camena	1 minute 9.6 seconds
	2nd	Miss Zoe
	3rd	Hut