Light Fingers
Light Fingers | |
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Sire | St George Stakes (1966) |
Honours | |
Australian Racing Hall of Fame Light Fingers Stakes | |
Last updated on 9-23-17 |
Light Fingers (1961−1988) was a New Zealand bred thoroughbred racehorse who won the Melbourne Cup in 1965. In 2017 Light Fingers was inducted to the Australian Racing Hall of Fame.[1]
Background
The lightly built chestnut was by the highly successful sire of stayers, Le Filou, from Cuddlesome by Red Mars (GB) by Hyperion (GB).[2] She was originally called Close Embrace in New Zealand, but the Australian registrar would not allow that name to be used.
Trained by Bart Cummings, Light Fingers would become the first of his 12 Melbourne Cup winners. Cummings had tried to buy the filly on a visit to New Zealand but was unsuccessful. However, he managed to lease the horse, which would carry the most significant weight to victory by a mare to that date..
Racing career
Light Fingers had her first race on Boxing Day in 1963 at the
The rest of Light Fingers' lead-up to the Melbourne Cup was filled with obstacles. First, she suffered a virus, and then she injured her shoulder in a near fall in the
Following her Melbourne Cup win, Light Fingers ran second to stablemate Galilee, one of the great stayers of the decade, in that race the following year.
Breeding career
Light Fingers had an unremarkable breeding career.[2] Her foals were:
- Her Boy, a chestnut colt by Agricola, foaled in 1969[5]
- An unnamed bay colt by Alcimedes, foaled in 1972[5]
- Nimble Fingers, a brown filly by Alcimedes, foaled in 1973[5]
- Slick, a bay filly by Zephyr Bay, foaled in 1977[5]
- An unnamed bay filly by Decies, foaled in 1978[5]
- Nimble Touch, a chestnut colt by Smuggler, foaled in 1981[5]
- Nimble Princess, a bay filly by Princes Gate, foaled in 1984[5]
References
- ^ "Australian Racing Hall of Fame - Horses". Racing Victoria. 2017. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
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- ^ OCLC 1086197409.)
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