The Light Fingers Stakes is a Group 2 sprint held at Royal Randwick Racecourse during the Sydney Autumn Carnival for 3YO fillies.
2025 Light Fingers Stakes Results
- 1st: #3 Lady Shenandoah
- 2nd: #1 Lady Of Camelot
- 3rd: #9 Lilac
Light Fingers Stakes News
The Light Fingers Stakes is a Group 2 race held at Royal Randwick Racecourse in Sydney every February worth $300,000 in total prize money as of 2024.
2025 Light Fingers Stakes Results
- 1st: #3 Lady Shenandoah ($2.40F)
- 2nd: #1 Lady Of Camelot
- 3rd: #9 Lilac
Chris Waller’s resuming Group 1 Flight Stakes winner Lady Shenandoah ($2.40F) was enormous fresh cruising to an impressive first-up victory in the Light Fingers Stakes 2025 results to beat home Golden Slipper champ Lady Of Camelot by over a length ahead of the autumn’s majors.
Light Fingers Stakes 2025 Odds & Results
Tab Light Fingers Stakes (G2)
| Runner Details | Win | Place |
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1st
3. Lady Shenandoah (7)
J: Zac Lloyd 56kg
T: Chris Waller |
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2nd
1. Lady Of Camelot (3)
J: Tim Clark 56kg
T: Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott |
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3rd
9. Lilac (6)
J: Tyler Schiller 56kg
T: Annabel Neasham & Rob Archibald |
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4th
4. Lazzura (5)
J: Jay Ford 56kg
T: Chris Waller |
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5th
11. Shohisha (2)
J: Chad Schofield 56kg
T: David Payne |
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6th
6. Amelita (11)
J: Reece Jones 56kg
T: Chris Waller |
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7th
8. Declichy Boulevard (8)
J: Adam Hyeronimus 56kg
T: Chris Waller |
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8th
7. Castanya (4)
J: Josh Parr 56kg
T: Annabel Neasham & Rob Archibald |
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9th
2. Manaal (10)
J: Jason Collett 56kg
T: Michael Freedman |
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10th
5. Silmarillion (1)
J: Jordan Childs 56kg
T: James Cummings |
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11th
12. Dance To The Boom (13)
J: Kerrin McEvoy 56kg
T: Bjorn Baker |
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12th
13. Rag Queen (12)
J: Alysha Collett 56kg
T: David Payne |
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13th
15. Phenom (9)
J: Regan Bayliss 56kg
T: Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott |
Data retrieved: 07/04/2025 11:42:30 AM (Australia/Brisbane)
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 with the Group 2 Apollo Stakes (1400m), Group 2 Expressway 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.
Lady Shenandoah (2024-25) was the last filly to complete the Flight Stakes – Light Fingers Stakes double.Â
Fillies out of the race often continue on to contest later season features including the recently upgraded Group 1 Surround Stakes (1400m) on Verry Elleegant 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.
Fangirl (2022) was the last filly to complete the Light Fingers – Vinery Stud Stakes double.
The 2022 Light Fingers Stakes form was further franked with the Light Fingers – Vinery double winner Fangirl returning in the spring for a second in the $10 million Golden Eagle.
In 2023 the Light Fingers Stakes winner In Secret won first-up having claimed Flemington’s Group 1 Coolmore Stud Stakes (1200m) over the Melbourne Cup Carnival the spring before.
In Secret went on to frank the Light Fingers Stakes 2023 form with a third in the Surround Stakes at her next start before winning Melbourne’s Group 1 Newmarket Handicap (1200m). The Surround Stakes winner in 2023 meanwhile was Light Fingers runner-up Sunshine In Paris.
The 2024 Light Fingers Stakes form was franked with the winner Kimochi running third behind the older mares in the Coolmore Classic later that prep before a Group 1 Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes victory in Melbourne in the spring.
The Light Fingers Stakes 2025 ran on Saturday February 15, 2025 at Royal Randwick and saw Chris Waller’s Flight Stakes champ Lady Shenandoah ($2.40F) pick up exactly where she left off romping home for a big win fresh.Â
| 2025 Light Fingers Stakes | |
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| Date: | Saturday February 15, 2025 |
| Track: | Royal Randwick Racecourse |
| Distance: | 1200m |
| Race Type: | 3YO Fillies Set Weights 56kg |
| Status: | Group 2 |
| Prize Money: | $300,000 |
2025 Light Fingers Stakes Finishing Order
| Finish | No. | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Margin | Bar. | Weight | Penalty | Starting Price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | LADY SHENANDOAH | Chris Waller | Zac Lloyd | 7 | 56kg | $2.40F | |||
| 2 | 1 | LADY OF CAMELOT | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | Tim Clark | 1.18L | 3 | 56kg | $3.10 | ||
| 3 | 9 | LILAC | Annabel Neasham & Rob Archibald | Tyler Schiller | 2.53L | 6 | 56kg | $16 | ||
| 4 | 4 | LAZZURA | Chris Waller | Jay Ford | 2.95L | 5 | 56kg | $51 | ||
| 5 | 11 | SHOHISHA | David Payne | Chad Schofield | 3.2L | 2 | 56kg | $19 | ||
| 6 | 6 | AMELITA | Chris Waller | Reece Jones | 3.29L | 11 | 56kg | $41 | ||
| 7 | 8 | DECLICHY BOULEVARD | Chris Waller | Adam Hyeronimus | 3.56L | 8 | 56kg | $31 | ||
| 8 | 7 | CASTANYA | Annabel Neasham & Rob Archibald | Joshua Parr | 3.59L | 4 | 56kg | $101 | ||
| 9 | 2 | MANAAL | Michael Freedman | Jason Collett | 4.54L | 10 | 56kg | $7.50 | ||
| 10 | 5 | SILMARILLION | James Cummings | Jordan Childs | 6.96L | 1 | 56kg | $41 | ||
| 11 | 12 | DANCE TO THE BOOM | Bjorn Baker | Kerrin McEvoy | 8.28L | 13 | 56kg | $11 | ||
| 12 | 13 | RAG QUEEN | David Payne | Ms Alysha Collett | 10.23L | 12 | 56kg | $201 | ||
| 13 | 15 | PHENOM | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | Regan Bayliss | 10.3L | 9 | 56kg | $101 | ||
| 10 | MORE TERRITORIES | John O’Shea & Tom Charlton | Ashley Morgan | 0 | ||||||
| 14 | HUSK | Michael, John & Wayne Hawkes | Ben Looker | 0 |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
2025 Light Fingers Stakes Betting
The Light Fingers Stakes 2025 betting odds will be available at Ladbrokes.com.au and also provided here at Races.com.au the week of Apollo Stakes Day.
In Secret ($1.95 in 2023) and Lady Shenandoah ($2.40 in 2025) are the latest favourites in Light Fingers Stakes betting to salute for the punters.
2025 Light Fingers Stakes Form Guide
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2025 Light Fingers Stakes Tips
Stay tuned for our insider Light Fingers Stakes 2025 Tips on the Apollo Stakes Day event this summer – autumn racing season.
- To Win: #3 Lady Shenandoah ($3.10 at time of publish) – BET NOW
All the star fillies from last season are back in action in a star-studded Light Fingers field and the resuming favourite, Lady Shenandoah, looks a hard to beat top elect. Chris Waller’s Group 1 daughter of Snitzel finished last prep winning back-to-back races including a three-length demolition job here at Randwick over the mile in the Flight Stakes. No doubt she’ll appreciate getting up to a mile again later this time in but fresh the 1400m looks good and she’s proven first-up before. Barrier eight gives jockey Zac Lloyd options, and this filly was excellent in her lead-up trial beating the stable’s Group 1 Coolmore Stud Stakes winning colt Switzerland home in a 900m Warwick Farm hit-out last month. Can kick off and make it a hat-trick.
2025 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 2025 field and barriers will be announced on the Wednesday of race week and published in full below.
The 2025 Light Fingers Stakes final field features a talented line-up of three-year-old fillies led in betting by Chris Waller’s returning Flight Stakes winner Lady Shenandoah.
| No | Last 10 | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Barrier | Weight | Probable Weight | Penalty | Hcp Rating |
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| 1 | 212x3743x2 | LADY OF CAMELOT | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | Tim Clark | 4 | 56kg | 109 | ||
| 2 | 21514x313x | MANAAL | Michael Freedman | Jason Collett | 12 | 56kg | 102 | ||
| 3 | 32x11x | LADY SHENANDOAH | Chris Waller | Zac Lloyd | 8 | 56kg | 98 | ||
| 4 | 11x345x | LAZZURA | Chris Waller | Jay Ford | 6 | 56kg | 82 | ||
| 5 | 325x22156x | SILMARILLION | James Cummings | Jordan Childs | 1 | 56kg | 81 | ||
| 6 | 95x121x | AMELITA | Chris Waller | Reece Jones | 13 | 56kg | 78 | ||
| 7 | 2140x | CASTANYA | Annabel Neasham & Rob Archibald | Joshua Parr | 5 | 56kg | 76 | ||
| 8 | 8x21x322x | DECLICHY BOULEVARD | Chris Waller | Adam Hyeronimus | 10 | 56kg | 76 | ||
| 9 | 4x121x5 | LILAC | Annabel Neasham & Rob Archibald | Tyler Schiller | 7 | 56kg | 76 | ||
| 10 | 16x5647x | MORE TERRITORIES | John O’Shea & Tom Charlton | Ashley Morgan | 3 | 56kg | 76 | ||
| 11 | 10×21 | SHOHISHA | David Payne | Chad Schofield | 2 | 56kg | 75 | ||
| 12 | 1×11 | DANCE TO THE BOOM | Bjorn Baker | Kerrin McEvoy | 15 | 56kg | 74 | ||
| 13 | 3x6x07479x | RAG QUEEN | David Payne | Ms Alysha Collett | 14 | 56kg | 71 | ||
| 14 | 3x1432x414 | HUSK | Michael, John & Wayne Hawkes | Ben Looker | 9 | 56kg | 70 | ||
| 15 | 8x1133x | PHENOM | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | Regan Bayliss | 11 | 56kg | 68 |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
2025 Light Fingers Stakes Nominations
The 2025 Light Fingers Stakes nominations will be published here once released by Racing NSW on the Monday of race week.
| Last 10 | Horse | Sex | Age | Trainer | Hcp Rating | |
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| 1 | 95x121x | AMELITA | F | 3 | Chris Waller | 78 |
| 2 | 51x76521x4 | ANOTHER PROPHET | F | 3 | Ciaron Maher | |
| 3 | 4x414x1741 | ART’S ALIVE | F | 3 | Brad Widdup | 69 |
| 4 | 2140x | CASTANYA | F | 3 | Annabel Neasham & Rob Archibald | 76 |
| 5 | 1×11 | DANCE TO THE BOOM | F | 3 | Bjorn Baker | 74 |
| 6 | 8x21x322x | DECLICHY BOULEVARD | F | 3 | Chris Waller | 76 |
| 7 | 3x1432x414 | HUSK | F | 3 | Michael, John & Wayne Hawkes | 70 |
| 8 | 1x183x | ISLAND DEC | F | 3 | Robert & Luke Price | 66 |
| 9 | 32×11 | JUST PRECIOUS | F | 3 | Stuart Kendrick | 67 |
| 10 | 212x3743x2 | LADY OF CAMELOT | F | 3 | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | |
| 11 | 32x11x | LADY SHENANDOAH | F | 3 | Chris Waller | 98 |
| 12 | 11x345x | LAZZURA | F | 3 | Chris Waller | 82 |
| 13 | 4x121x5 | LILAC | F | 3 | Annabel Neasham & Rob Archibald | 76 |
| 14 | 21514x313x | MANAAL | F | 3 | Michael Freedman | 102 |
| 15 | 16x5647x | MORE TERRITORIES | F | 3 | John O’Shea & Tom Charlton | 76 |
| 16 | 19×2421111 | PERFUMIST (NZ) | F | 3 | Bjorn Baker | 82 |
| 17 | 8x1133x | PHENOM | F | 3 | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | |
| 18 | 1x7x009x19 | PHOTOGRAPHICS (NZ) | F | 3 | John Sargent | 68 |
| 19 | 3x6x07479x | RAG QUEEN | F | 3 | David Payne | 71 |
| 20 | 35×211 | SCINTILLA | F | 3 | Les Bridge | 69 |
| 21 | 10×21 | SHOHISHA | F | 3 | David Payne | 75 |
| 22 | 325x22156x | SILMARILLION | F | 3 | James Cummings | 81 |
| 23 | 4x213x64x8 | WINNING PROPOSAL | F | 3 | Kristen Buchanan | 74 |
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 its 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 |
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| 2025 Light Fingers Stakes |
1st | Lady Shenandoah | 1 minute 8.81 seconds |
| 2nd | Lady Of Camelot | ||
| 3rd | Lilac | ||
| 2024 Light Fingers Stakes |
1st | Kimochi | 1 minute 9.35 seconds |
| 2nd | Learning To Fly | ||
| 3rd | Kristilli | ||
| 2023 Light Fingers Stakes |
1st | In Secret | 1 minute 10.20 seconds |
| 2nd | Sunshine In Paris | ||
| 3rd | Cinderella Days | ||
| 2022 Light Fingers Stakes |
1st | Fangirl | 1 minute 9.88 seconds |
| 2nd | Espiona | ||
| 3rd | Jamaea | ||
| 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 | ||
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