Light Fingers racehorse Melbourne Cup winner

Racehorse Light Fingers was foaled in 1961 and was by Le Filou out of the mare Cuddlesome (by Red Mars)

Her main claim to fame was winning the Melbourne Cup in 1965 by trained by Bart Cummings and ridden by Roy Higgins.

Light Fingers won many feature races including the VRC Oaks 1964, and the 1965 AJC Oaks.

In the same year, she also won the Wakeful Stakes and the Edward Manifold Stakes.

In 1965, she won the Sandown Guineas and Craiglee Stakes, the 1966 Sandown Cup, and the 1968 St. George Stakes were among her notable feature wins.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Le Filou	Vatellor	Vatout
		Lady Elinor
	Fileuse	Casterari
		Diseuse
Cuddlesome	Red Mars	Hyperion
		Red Garter
	Fondle	Leighton
		Caress

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Career Highlights:

	AT 2
26-Dec-63	2nd	11 ran	3-1	R Cox	8.6	Cheltenham	5 fur	Lipson Hcp	La Mariese	8.6	1:01.5
1-Feb-64	Won	15 ran	4-6f	P Glennon	8.7	Morphettville	5 fur	Woodlands Hcp	Memsahib	8.3	1:01.0
15-Feb-64	Won	13 ran	1-1f	R Cox	8.7	Cheltenham	7 fur	Elgin Hcp	Iron Ore	7.11	1:25.8
9-Mar-64	Won	25 ran	5-1	N Mifflin	8.8	Flemington	6 fur	Woodlawn Stakes	Lady Pompilia	8.6	1:11.5
	AT 3
8-Aug-64	Won	18 ran	10-1	G Pretty	7.9	Victoria Park	5 fur	Shakuni Hcp	Arupura	7.1	0:59.2
19-Sep-64	2nd	15 ran	1-2f	R Higgins	9.4	Moonee Valley	6fur	Merri Hcp	Rosa Nautica	7.12	1:13.0
3-Oct-64	Won	18 ran	3-1	R Higgins	8.7	Flemington	8 fur	Manifold Stakes	Chantal	8.7	1:41.1
17-Oct-64	2nd	18 ran	7-2	R Higgins	8.5	Caulfield	8 fur	Thousand Guineas	Reveille	8.5	1:40.5
31-Oct-64	Won	20 ran	10-1	R Higgins	9.4	Flemington	10 fur	Wakeful Stakes	Talli Queen	8.9	2:03.9
5-Nov-64	Won	18 ran	2-1f	R Higgins	8.1	Flemington	12 fur	Oaks Stakes	Lyralla	8.1	2:29.0
14-Nov-64	Won	10 ran	4-9f	R Higgins	8.1	Caulfield	8 fur	Sandown Guineas	Banja Luka	8.7	1:36.8
13-Feb-65	3rd	7 ran	8-1	R Higgins	8.4	Flemington	5 fur	Lightning Stakes	Marmion	8.7	0:57.8
6-Mar-65	3rd	9 ran	10-9f	R Higgins	8.6	Flemington	8 fur	Bourke Hcp	Victory Roll	8.12	1:36.9
3-Apr-65	4th	10 ran	2-1f	R Higgins	9.1	Rosehill	7 fur	Rydalmere Hcp	Contende	7.11	1:12.0
17-Apr-65	Won	6 ran	4-5f	R Higgins	9.1	Randwick	8 fur	Princess Hcp	Just Sarah	7.2	1:38.9
21-Apr-65	Won	10 ran	4-9f	R Higgins	8.7	Randwick	12 fur	AJC Oaks	Pleasanton	8.7	2:36.1
	AT 4
21-Aug-65	Won	18 ran	5-2ef	Bonney	8.8	Victoria Park	5 fur	Corporation Hcp	Diolen	7.4	0:59.7
11-Sep-65	Won	11 ran	6-1	R Higgins	8.9	Flemington	8 fur	Craiglee Stakes	Nicopolis	9.3	1:38.3
2-Oct-65	2nd	10 ran	2-1	R Higgins	8.9	Flemington	12 fur	Turnbull Stakes	Craftsman	9.5	2:29.7
13-Oct-65	3rd	11 ran	2-1f	R Higgins	8.9	Caulfield	9 fur	Caulfield Stakes	Winfreux	9.0	1:48.4
30-Oct-65	3rd	8 ran	9-2	R Higgins	8.9	Flemington	10 fur	Mackinnon Stakes	Yangtze	9.0	2:03.4
2-Nov-65	Won	26 ran	14 -1	R Higgins	8.4	Flemington	16 fur	Melbourne Cup	Ziema	8.6	3:21.1
2-Feb-66	2nd	10 ran	2-1f	R Higgins	8.11	Sandown	7 fur	Orr Stakes	Rio	9.0	1:24.6
26-Feb-66	Won	8 ran	7-4ef	R Higgins	8.11	Caulfield	9 fur	St George Stakes	Tobin Bronze	8.3	1:54.0
	AT 5
10-Sep-66	4th	9 ran	9-2	R Higgins	8.13	Flemington	8 fur	Craiglee Stakes	Tobin Bronze	9.0	1:37.3
22-Sep-66	2nd	9 ran	7-1	R Higgins	8.13	Caulfield	10 fur	Underwood Stakes	Tobin Bronze	9.0	2:02.7
12-Oct-66	2nd	5 ran	2-1	R Higgins	8.13	Caulfield	9 fur	Caulfield Stakes	Winfreux	9.4	1:50.2
22-Oct-66	3rd	8 ran	3-1	Hughes	8.13	Moonee Valley	10 fur	Cox Plate	Tobin Bronze	9.0	2:07.2
1-Nov-66	2nd	22 ran	12-1	R Higgins	9.1	Flemington	16 fur	Melbourne Cup	Galilee	8.13	3:21.9
12-Nov-66	Won	8 ran	9-10f	R Higgins	9.0	Sandown	12 fur	Sandown Cup	Tally Tim	7.7	2:41.1
	AT 6
19-Aug-67	5th	15 ran	9-1	R Higgins	8.13	Sandown	7 fur	Liston Stakes	Castanea	9.3	1:29.4
9-Sep-67	5th	8 ran	6-1	R Higgins	8.13	Flemington	8 fur	Craiglee Stakes	Khalif	9.0	1:38.2