Light Fingers Stakes

The 2017 Light Fingers Stakes is a Group 2 contest run at Randwick Racecourse in Sydney annually in February. It is an event specifically for three-year-old fillies and is run across a trek of 1200m.

The Light Fingers Stakes is worth $200,000 to the winners and is run under set weight conditions.

The race is also the feature event of the day and run in conjunction with the Group 3 Southern Cross Stakes, the Group 3 Royal Sovereign Stakes and the Group 3 Breeders Classic.

The set weight nature of the Light Fingers Stakes means that the classiest and most talented fillies have no excuse but to perform on the day.

They will be out in force as well given that it’s the first black type event for three year old fillies to be held in Sydney every year.

While it’s a stand out race in its own right it can also be used as a lead up run for something like the Group 3 Millie Fox Stakes at Rosehill or the Group 2 Surround stakes at Warwick Farm.

It is the equivalent race for girls as the Group 2 Royal Sovereign Stakes is for colts and geldings.

The Light Fingers Stakes has had some very good horses pass through its ranks as is shown on the winners list.

Skating won this race back in 1993 while Assertive Lass got up in 1997.

Street Smart was the 20006 champion and Gold Edition won in 2007.

Recently the champion More Joyous won in 2010 and Obsequious in 2011.

2017 Light Fingers Stakes Field & Barriers

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Penalty
1	1x3611x92	GLOBAL GLAMOUR	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Joshua Parr	12	56kg	106
2	63323x111x	SPRIGHT	Garry Frazer	Corey Brown	10	56kg	86
3	4x212x114x	FOXPLAY	Chris Waller	Hugh Bowman	3	56kg	90
4	3110x	FRENCH FERN	David Payne	–	9	56kg	82
5	145x0x	HONESTY PREVAILS	Rick Worthington	Jason Collett	4	56kg	78
6	8x5435149x	MOQUEEN	Anthony Cummings	Brenton Avdulla	11	56kg	71
7	0x4311x	ZENALICIOUS	Les Bridge	Tim Clark	14	56kg	75
8	16x2231x	LUBITON	Bjorn Baker	Glyn Schofield	8	56kg	71
9	2x224x11	GRIDELIN	John O’Shea	James Doyle	6	56kg	71
10	4×11	SAMANTHA	Gerald Ryan	–	5	56kg	71
11	5323×341	MISS BENETEAU	Jason Coyle	–	7	56kg	63
12	0x3219x	FABVIER	John P Thompson	–	13	56kg	63
13	7×1	LONG TIME AGO	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Tommy Berry	2	56kg	63
14	2	TUTU	John P Thompson	Tye Angland	1	56kg	–

2017 Light Fingers Stakes Nominations

#	Form (Last 10)	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Hcp. Rating
1	1×11	ALL OVER BOSANOVA	F	3	Mel Eggleston	66
2	0x3219x	FABVIER	F	3	John P Thompson	63
3	4x212x114x	FOXPLAY	F	3	Chris Waller	90
4	3110x	FRENCH FERN	F	3	David Payne	82
5	1x3611x92	GLOBAL GLAMOUR	F	3	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	106
6	2x224x11	GRIDELIN	F	3	John O’Shea	71
7	145x0x	HONESTY PREVAILS	F	3	Rick Worthington	78
8	7×1	LONG TIME AGO	F	3	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	63
9	16x2231x	LUBITON	F	3	Bjorn Baker	71
10	5323×341	MISS BENETEAU	F	3	Jason Coyle	63
11	8x5435149x	MOQUEEN	F	3	Anthony Cummings	71
12	129x12x	OMEI SWORD	F	3	Chris Waller	92
13	4×11	SAMANTHA	F	3	Gerald Ryan	71
14	63323x111x	SPRIGHT	F	3	Garry Frazer	86
15	2	TUTU	F	3	John P Thompson	–
16	0x4311x	ZENALICIOUS	F	3	Les Bridge	75