Of all the horses Gary Portelli has trained, none compares to speedster Marwin Gold.The 11-year-old was retired from the track after winning at Moe in Victoria last month but there is no way he is leaving the stable.Portelli's brother Troy, who is in charge of the Melbourne arm of the Warwick Farm trainer's operation, will soon be seen every morning astride Marwin Gold at trackwork."Marwin Gold is going to be the stable pony and Troy will be out there riding him every morning at Flemington," Por

Of all the horses Gary Portelli has trained, none compares to speedster Marwin Gold.

The 11-year-old was retired from the track after winning at Moe in Victoria last month but there is no way he is leaving the stable.

Portelli's brother Troy, who is in charge of the Melbourne arm of the Warwick Farm trainer's operation, will soon be seen every morning astride Marwin Gold at trackwork.

"Marwin Gold is going to be the stable pony and Troy will be out there riding him every morning at Flemington," Portelli said.

"We can't retire him completely. He loves stable life too much and has been too good to us to let him go.

"He is spending a few weeks in the paddock to let down before he goes back to Flemington.

"I can't think of a horse who could have done more for me.

"He has been there and seen all the others come and go."

Portelli has trained many stakes winners since he moved to Sydney from Orange just over a decade ago with his greatest triumph so far Rena's Lady's victory in the 2007 AJC Australian Oaks.

Marwin Gold finished second on debut in May 2000 and won over 900 metres at Newcastle in November that year.

Over the next eight years he won another 19 races and was placed in 18, earning almost $640,000.

His biggest win was the 2003 Listed June Stakes (1100m) at Randwick.

"He paid his way every preparation and won in Sydney and Melbourne," Portelli said.

"You couldn't find a nicer horse or a more willing one.

"He just always tried his heart out."

Something Anything is another who always tries and Portelli is hoping his efforts can be rewarded over the summer.

The five-year-old has won four of his 30 starts and racked up 13 minor placings including a first-up third to Wasted Emotions and News Alert over 1200m at Rosehill on Saturday.

Portelli plans to try to stretch him out to the 1600 metres of the Group Two Villiers Stakes on December 20.

Although Portelli would like his winning record to be better, the optimistically named Something Anything has earned his owners almost $360,000, nine times more than his purchase price.