Light Fingers Stakes

Ladbrokes Tip: The Light Fingers Stakes is often the first run of the autumn for fillies

The latest edition of the Light Fingers Stakes took place on Saturday, February 14, 2026 as a key Surround Stakes lead-up in Sydney and was won in an impressive all-the-way performance by the Brad Widdup-trained Savvy Hallie ($3.70). 

2026 Light Fingers Stakes Results

The full Light Fingers Stakes 2026 results and finishing order will be available below on Saturday, February 14, 2026.

Brad Widdup’s progressive Hellbent filly Savvy Hallie ($3.70) was huge second-up off a well-rated Nash Rawiller ride leading from barrier to box to go all-the-way in the 2026 Light Fingers Stakes results and deny the beaten favourite Apocalyptic by three-quarters of a length. Nepo Baby added value to the trifecta in third, while the all-in 2026 Surround Stakes odds on the winner have firmed in from $21 to $15 for the February 28 Group 1.

2026 Light Fingers Stakes Odds & Results

The updated Light Fingers Stakes 2026 betting odds will be available below as soon as markets on the Group 2 fillies’ only autumn feature are released followed by the official Light Fingers Stakes results after the event.

Light Fingers Stakes Tips

Light Fingers Stakes tips include looking for fillies out of the previous year’s Flight Stakes at the track, those with a solid Sydney race record and short-distance performers that will enjoy the 1200m early in the autumn.

Laying the favourite can also be a good Light Fingers Stakes betting tip and taking the top-fancy to Place over a Win is a safer option with upsets not uncommon in the event.

2026 Light Fingers Stakes Tips

Our exclusive Light Fingers Stakes 2026 betting tips will be available below the week of the race so stay tuned.

The Light Fingers Stakes is an early Group 2 feature run at Royal Randwick Racecourse in mid-February during the Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival.

Held on the same Saturday as Melbourne’s Black Caviar Lightning card at Flemington, the 1200m sprint runs alongside the Group 2 Apollo Stakes (1400m) for weight-for-age types and the Group 2 Expressway Stakes (1200m) for the sprinters at Sydney’s premier track.

The Group 3 Triscay Stakes (1200m) is the other Group status race on the card.

Open only to three-year-old fillies, the Light Fingers Stakes is contested at set weights and offers a total of $300,000 in prize money as of 2024. The best fillies out of the Light Fingers Stakes each year can continue on to contest the follow month’s Group 1 Coolmore Classic (2000m) at Rosehill Gardens.

The recently upgraded Group 1 Surround Stakes (1400m) at Randwick is also a key follow-up for the best Light Fingers Stakes fillies.

In 2025 Lady Shenandoah completed the Light Fingers Stakes – Surround Stakes – Coolmore Classic treble.

Light Fingers Stakes Race Info

• Date: Saturday, February 14, 2026
• Track: Royal Randwick Racecourse
• Distance: 1200m
• Conditions: 3YO Fillies – Set Weights
• Status: Group 2
• Prize Money: $300,000
• First Run: 1979

Light Fingers Stakes Betting

Light Fingers Stakes odds are released after the final field is known the Wednesday before the race. Fillies proven at Randwick with winning form over 1200m or further, and those that were Group 1 performed during the previous spring in Sydney dominate the Light Fingers Stakes betting markets.

The race is often a first-up option for three-year-old female gallopers so those with good resuming form feature high up the markets.

Favourites have a solid record in the Light Fingers Stakes, but those at longer odds in betting have scored some notable upsets in recent years including Every Rose ($21 in 2021).

In 2022 the odds-on favourite Espiona ($1.55) ran second in an upset to her stablemate Fangirl ($13).

In 2023 In Secret became the latest odds-on favourite to win at $1.95 Light Fingers Stakes odds having won the Group 1 Coolmore Stud Stakes (1200m) at Flemington the spring prior.

Resuming Flight Stakes winning filly Lady Shenandoah ($2.40 in 2025) was the last Light Fingers Stakes favourite to win. 

Light Fingers Stakes Field

The Light Fingers Stakes race field attracts a top-class line-up of three-year-old fillies each February, many kicking off their autumn campaigns.

The next run traditionally on the card for fillies out of the Light Fingers Stakes field is the Group 1 Surround Stakes (1400m) back at the track over 200m further a fortnight later, with the latest to complete the double being Nakeeta Jane (2019) and Lady Shenandoah (2025).

The 2023 Surround Stakes winner, Sunshine In Paris, also came via the Light Fingers Stakes having run second in her lead-up.

Many fillies that ran in the Group 1 Flight Stakes (1600m) at Randwick the previous October during the Sydney Spring Racing Carnival resume racing in the Light Fingers Stakes field. The Flight Stakes – Light Fingers Stakes double was achieved by the likes More Joyous (2009-10), Global Glamour (2016-17), Alizee (2017-18), and Lady Shenandoah (2024-25). 

Light Fingers Stakes nominations close the Monday before the race runs on the Saturday with the final field and barriers released on the Wednesday.

2026 Light Fingers Stakes Field

The complete Light Fingers Stakes 2026 field and barrier draw will be published below the Wednesday leading up to Apollo Stakes Day.

The 2026 Light Fingers Stakes final field features a quality line-up of three-year-old fillies including Michael Freedman’s rails-drawn Group 1 Flight Stakes winner Apocalyptic.

Randwick R6

Final Race time: 

	Entrant	Last 6	Sex	Barrier	Weight
	1. Apocalyptic J: Tommy Berry T: Michael Freedman	x1112x	F	1	56kg
	2. Savvy Hallie J: Nash Rawiller T: Brad Widdup	x113x4	F	4	56kg
	3. Artistic Venture J: Dylan Gibbons T: John O'shea & Tom Charlton	x2126x	F	9	56kg
	4. Karinska J: James McDonald T: Chris Waller	56530x	F	3	56kg
	5. Sunrays J: Zac Lloyd T: Kelly Schweida	11x2x6	F	5	56kg
	6. Queen Of Clubs J: Ashley Morgan T: Gary Portelli	x3486x	F	2	56kg
	7. Next Jen (7)  Scratched:
	8. Nepo Baby J: Tom Sherry T: Annabel & Rob Archibald	11x3	F	6	56kg
	9. Wootton Lass J: Sam Clipperton T: Annabel & Rob Archibald	10x70x	F	8	56kg
	10. Shenandoah River J: Jason Collett T: Brett & Georgie Cavanough	271118	F	7	56kg
	11. Romanticism (11)  Scratched:

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2026 Light Fingers Stakes Nominations

The official 2026 Light Fingers Stakes Nominations close on the Monday leading-up to Apollo Stakes Day, the full list of early entries to be announced below so stay tuned.

2026 Light Fingers Stakes nominations extended until 11:00am (AEDT) – 10/02/2026

	Last 10	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Hcp Rating
1	2x1112x	APOCALYPTIC	F	3	Michael Freedman	105
2	4355x2126x	ARTISTIC VENTURE	F	3	John O’Shea & Tom Charlton
3	178x56530x	KARINSKA	F	3	Chris Waller	86
4	11×3	NEPO BABY	F	3	Annabel & Rob Archibald	66
5	150x787x	NEXT JEN	F	3	Annabel & Rob Archibald	70
6	7x51x3486x	QUEEN OF CLUBS	F	3	Gary Portelli
7	89×11	ROMANTICISM	F	3	Scott Collings	60
8	2522x113x4	SAVVY HALLIE	F	3	Brad Widdup	95
9	11x211x2x6	SUNRAYS	F	3	Kelly Schweida
10	010x70x	WOOTTON LASS	F	3	Annabel & Rob Archibald	66

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

Light Fingers Stakes Form Guide

The Light Fingers Stakes form guide gives punters crucial information to consider before placing a bet including the jockeys, trainers, barriers and lead-up form of the fillies in the field.

Wide barriers haven’t been an issue when it comes to doing the Light Fingers Stakes form with the likes of Every Rose (14 of 14 in 2021), Global Glamour (12 in 2017), Adrift (11 in 2015), and Sweet Idea (10 in 2014) all overcoming double-digit gates to win.

The Light Fingers Stakes form has stacked up in tougher races later in the season many times including First Seal (2nd in 2015) who went on to run second in both the Coolmore Classic and Vinery Stud Stakes that autumn, Sweet Idea (1st in 2014) who ran second in the Coolmore two runs later and Sea Siren (1st in 2012) who won that year’s BTC Cup – Doomben 10,000 double in Brisbane during the winter.

More recently the previous year’s Flight Stakes winner Alizee won the 2018 Light Fingers Stakes ahead of subsequent Group 1 wins in the Queen Of The Turf Stakes (2018) and Futurity Stakes (2019).

Nakeeta Jane also franked the Light Fingers Stakes form, the 2019 winner backing up to win the Group 1 Surround Stakes before a third in the Randwick Guineas.

In 2022 the Light Fingers Stakes winner Fangirl went on to win that year’s Vinery Stud Stakes and returned in the spring for a second in the $10 million The Golden Eagle (1500m).

The Light Fingers Stakes form in 2023 was franked with the winning filly In Secret going on to take out the Group 1 Newmarket Handicap (1200m) against the older horses at Flemington that prep.

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.

Lady Shenandoah stamped the strength of the 2025 Light Fingers Stakes form, going on to complete an outstanding double by taking out both the Group 1 Surround Stakes and the Group 1 Coolmore Stakes at her next two appearances.

2026 Light Fingers Form Guide

A link to our comprehensive Light Fingers Stakes 2026 Form Guide will be provided below once final acceptances are out the Wednesday of race week.

CLICK HERE FOR OUR FULL 2026 LIGHT FINGERS STAKES FORM GUIDE

Past Light Fingers Stakes Results

The Light Fingers Stakes race results are varied in recent years with a number of favourites beaten by roughie hopes in the mix.

Notable Light Fingers Stakes winners include Lady Shenandoah (2025), In Secret (2023), Flit (2020), Alizee (2018), Global Glamour (2017), Sweet Idea (2014), Sea Siren (2012), More Joyous (2010), and Forensics (2008).

Light Fingers Stakes Winners

Past Light Fingers Stakes winners and placegetters going back to 2000 are detailed in the below table.

Year	Winner	Runner-Up	Third	Time
2026	Savvy Hallie	Apocalyptic	Nepo Baby	1:09.94
2025	Lady Shenandoah	Lady Of Camelot	Lilac	1:08.81
2024	Kimochi	Learning To Fly	Kristilli	1:09.35
2023	In Secret	Sunshine In Paris	Cinderella Days	1:10.20
2022	Fangirl	Espiona	Jamaea	1:09.88
2021	Every Rose	Never Talk	Away Game	1:10.75
2020	Flit	Lyre	Kiamichi	1:10.17
2019	Nakeeta Jane	Madam Rouge	Pohutukawa	1:09.12
2018	Alizee	Shumookh	Torvill	1:10.06
2017	Global Glamour	Foxplay	Spright	1:09.7
2016	Perignon	Kangarilla Joy	Tempt Me Not	1:09.9
2015	Adrift	First Seal	Slightly Sweet	1:09.4
2014	Sweet Idea	Gypsy Diamond	Champagne Cath	1:09.0
2013	Bennetta	Ichihara	Dear Demi	1:10.1
2012	Sea Siren	Streama	Hallowell Belle	1:16.3
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

FAQ

Who won the 2026 Light Fingers Stakes?

The 2026 Light Fingers Stakes was won by three-year-old Hellbent filly Savvy Hallie at $3.70 for trainer Brad Widdup with jockey Nash Rawiller aboard on 56kg from barrier 4 to lead all-the-way and win by 0.79 lengths on a Good (4) track in a time of 1:09.94.

Who won the 2025 Light Fingers Stakes?

The 2025 Light Fingers Stakes winner was Lady Shenandoah at $2.40 (F) for trainer Chris Waller with jockey Zac Lloyd aboard from barrier 7 on 56kg to salute by 1.18 lengths in a time of 1:08.81.

When is the Light Fingers Stakes 2026?

Saturday, February 14, 2026

What is the prize money for the Light Fingers Stakes 2026?

$300,000

Where is the Light Fingers Stakes 2026?

Randwick Racecourse, Alison Rd, Randwick NSW 2031.

How do I bet on the 2026 Light Fingers Stakes?

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Which horse will win the 2026 Light Fingers Stakes?

The best way to pick which horse will win the Light Fingers Stakes is to take into account the form, assess the barriers, and consider the weight the horse will carry (among other factors). Check out ladbrokes.com.au in the lead up to the race for full form information.