Trainer Mick Mair is confident his decision to bring veteran stayer Rezone out of retirement will eventually be vindicated, though he doubts it will come at Eagle Farm.Nine-year-old Rezone will line up for his third start since being hauled from a paddock at Kilto Park Stud near Caboolture, north of Brisbane, in Saturday's St Margaret's Anglican Girls School Handicap (1820m).Rezone was retired after finishing last in a Gold Coast Open in April last year and hasn't started in a metropolitan race

Trainer Mick Mair is confident his decision to bring veteran stayer Rezone out of retirement will eventually be vindicated, though he doubts it will come at Eagle Farm.

Nine-year-old Rezone will line up for his third start since being hauled from a paddock at Kilto Park Stud near Caboolture, north of Brisbane, in Saturday's St Margaret's Anglican Girls School Handicap (1820m).

Rezone was retired after finishing last in a Gold Coast Open in April last year and hasn't started in a metropolitan race since his Listed Ipswich Cup failure in June 2009.

Rezone has suffered from chronic leg problems throughout his career and was spelled and didn't race for 10 months following the Ipswich Cup.

Mair gave Rezone only two more starts in his next campaign before making the decision to pension him off.

"He's had bad legs all his life so I retired him and let him run around with some foals at Kilto Park," Mair said.

"I went and had a look at him one day and noticed his legs looked a lot better so I talked it over with his owners and we decided to bring him back into work.

"He's still carrying some of the effects of his retirement days as he's a bit short in the rudder end.

"The foals he was chasing around in the paddock bit off half his tail."

Rezone has started twice this campaign, finishing sixth in his comeback over an unsuitable 1400 metres at Caloundra on July 24 before a last-start ninth to Xanthos over 1800 metres at the Gold Coast last Saturday.

Mair is not concerned with a seven-day back up for Rezone but admits he may not be ready to register the seventh win of his 49-start career.

"He's probably not ready to win yet but I've been happy with his two runs back and his last run was quite good," he said.

"He's an old horse who is hard to place because of his history of tendon and joint problems.

"His legs are going OK now. When I saw them during his break there was a big difference but they're still ugly."

Mair joked about nominating Rezone for the Melbourne Cup at Flemington in November.

"I don't know if the noms have closed for the Melbourne Cup but it's very difficult to get a stayer ready in Queensland," he said.

"He might be nine but he's not overraced."