Light Fingers Stakes

The Light Fingers Stakes is a Group 2 race for three-year-old fillies that takes place each February at Warwick Farm racecourse in Sydney, New South Wales. The race is run over a distance of 1200 metres under set weights and is worth $200,000 in prizemoney. The 2011 Light Fingers Stakes was taken out by Obsequious from Red Tracer with Parables third.

The fillies event is held alongside the Group 3 Breeders Classic and Group 3 Royal Sovereign Stakes.

Light Fingers Stakes info
Date:	Saturday 18th February 2012
Track:	Warwick Farm racecourse, Sydney
Distance:	1200 metres
Race Type:	3yo Fillies - Set Weights
Status:	Group 2
Prizemoney:	$200,000
2011 Winner:	Obsequious

The Light Fingers Stakes is a level weights race for 3yo fillies that usually attracts more than handy females on their way to the bigger races on offer in coming weeks. It is the first group race available for three-year-old fillies in the new year in Sydney and races like the upcoming Gr3 Millie Fox Stakes at Rosehill or the Gr2 Surround Stakes at Warwick Farm are likely races on the agenda for fillies tackling this event.

Classy types More Joyous (2011), Gold Edition (2007), Assertive Lass (1997), Skating (1993) and Joanne (1990) have all saluted in this race and the Gr2 Royal Sovereign Stakes for colts & geldings is the male equivalent of this race and held on the same day.

Obsequious (2011) won this race when resuming from a spell and recent Light Fingers Stakes winners have been More Joyous (2010) and Rock My Baby (2009).

2011 Light Fingers Stakes result
1. $4.00 Obsequious 56.0 K Mc Evoy
2. $3.80 Red Tracer 56.0 G Schofield
3. $2.60 Parables 56.0 J Parr

then followed
4. $26.00 Potions 56.0 J Byrne
5. $17.00 M'lady Pedrille 56.0 T Clark
6. $18.00 Parriwi 56.0 J Bowman
7. $21.00 Posh Chic 56.0 T Berry
8. $21.00 Slow The Flow 56.0 J Cassidy
9. $61.00 Who's Ready 56.0 C O'Brien

Margins: Long neck, 1 3/4 len
Time: 1:09.50

Light Fingers Stakes recent winners & placegetters

Year	Winner	2nd	3rd	Time
2011	Obsequious	Red Tracer	Parables	1:09.5
2010	More Joyous	Trim	Sweepstaking	1:09.8
2009	Rock Me Baby	Samantha Miss	Glowlamp	1:11.3
2008	Forensics	Sliding Cube	Seething Duck	1:10.5
2007	Gold Edition	Montana Sunset	Montmelo	1:09.0
2006	Street Smart	Regal Cheer	Paulini	1:09.9
2005	Trezevant	One in a Million	But I'm Serious	1:10.0
2004	Sharp	Generosa	Hinting	1:08.7
2003	Only Glory	Chuckle	Bumptious	1:11.2
2002	Ancient Song	Hosannah	Shouq	1:10.9
2001	Lady Mulan	Maitland Gold	Belle Du Jour	1:09.6
2000	Camena	Miss Zoe	Hut	1:09.6
1999	Rubicall	Trigold	Zola	1:10.5
1998	Staging	Sengiggi Beach	Techniques	1:03.4
1997	Assertive Lass	Mother's Gift	Stoneyfell Road	1:04.6
1996	Peruzzi	Hello Darl	Hitapotomoss	1:09.9
1995	Flight To Fantasy	Verocative	Aragen	1:10.5
1994	Gem Of The West	Arborea	Diamond Harbour	1:10.3
1993	Skating	Slight Chance	Flitter	1:09.0
1992	Office	Regina Madre	Double Your Bet	1:10.4
1991	Whisked	Quiet Queen	Viva Regina	1:09.7
1990	Joanne	Antelliere	Starlight Angel	1:10.2
1989	Paris Miss	Salisopra	Riverina Charm	1:09.3
1988	Here's The Point	Tjarra	Lanyard	1:10.8