Light Fingers
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Light Fingers was a New Zealand bred thoroughbred racehorse who won the Melbourne Cup in 1965.
The lightly built chestnut was by the highly successful sire of stayers, Le Filou, from Cuddlesome. She was originally called Close Embrace in New Zealand, but the Australian registrar wouldn't allow that name to be used.
Roy Higgins rode Light Fingers in the majority of her big wins. The mare had the ability to win over 1000m (five furlongs) first-up after a spell, but could run out a strong 3200m (two miles).
Following her Melbourne Cup win, Light Fingers ran second to stablemate Galilee in that race the following year.
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