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Multiple Group One winner Legarto will make her long-awaited return to racing when she heads to her home track at Matamata on Saturday to contest the Listed Lisa Chittick Champagne Stakes (1400m). 

“Sticking to racing the other way around, like down at Riccarton, might suit her a bit better at the moment as well.”

“After Christmas, in those March meetings, that is where she will be hitting her stride. She is lovely filly.”

“She has shown ability at home and I thought it was a nice trial at Te Awamutu."

"Molly Bloom, she is seasoned and is a big, strong girl and she loves her racing, whereas Scarlet Oak, she has done it all in her first prep."

Matamata trainers Ken and Bev Kelso have long believed Legarto had the potential to excel over 2000m, and their stable star proved them right on Saturday with a sparkling performance in the Gr.1 Herbie Dyke Stakes (2000m) at Te Rapa.