Retirement doesn't suit everyone, horses included, and stakeswinner Magic Marvo is set for a return to racing after rebelling against the quiet life.Trainer Rod Craig, whose wife Lynn is a part-owner of Magic Marvo along with breeder Ian Smith, retired the gelding earlier this year when it seemed he had lost his zest for racing.He was sent to Smith's Edinburgh Stud where the intention was for him to watch over the young horses and help with their early education.But that didn't work out."He kept

Retirement doesn't suit everyone, horses included, and stakeswinner Magic Marvo is set for a return to racing after rebelling against the quiet life.

Trainer Rod Craig, whose wife Lynn is a part-owner of Magic Marvo along with breeder Ian Smith, retired the gelding earlier this year when it seemed he had lost his zest for racing.

He was sent to Smith's Edinburgh Stud where the intention was for him to watch over the young horses and help with their early education.

But that didn't work out.

"He kept jumping the fence and chasing the broodmares," Craig said.

"He was too much of a handful so we decided to bring him back to Warwick Farm with the idea of turning him into a stable pony.

"He is a horse who loves going to the track and loves being in the stable so we thought that would suit.

"I put him back into work and he is just so fit and well we decided we might as well race him.

"He's got so much energy that the quiet life is just not for him."

The nine-year-old, who ran fourth in a recent barrier trial, will be nominated for an 1150m open handicap at Randwick on Saturday.

"We will just see what happens," Craig said.

"With these older geldings, as long as they are sound they can keep on racing.

"He doesn't act like a nine-year-old."

Magic Marvo has won nine races from his 86 starts with 17 minor placings boosting his prizemoney beyond $500,000.

His most important win came in the 2006 Listed Sir Edward Williams (1500m) which earned him a start in Queensland's premier race, the $1 million Stradbroke Handicap in which he ran a creditable two lengths fourth to La Montagna.

"He likes Queensland and depending on how he goes we might even think about taking him back up there," Craig said.

"I don't really know what the future holds for him but I don't think it will be standing around in a paddock."