Peter Morgan's reputation for rejuvenating the careers of injury prone gallopers has resulted in Group One winner Douro Valley joining his stable ahead of a spring campaign.And on Saturday at Moonee Valley Morgan will attempt to reignite the career of gifted miler Schilling, a horse he says has lost its way.As a three-year-old trained by Mick Price, Schilling claimed the Group Two Sandown Guineas and appeared destined for big things.He was stakes placed the following autumn but joint troubles de

Peter Morgan's reputation for rejuvenating the careers of injury prone gallopers has resulted in Group One winner Douro Valley joining his stable ahead of a spring campaign.

And on Saturday at Moonee Valley Morgan will attempt to reignite the career of gifted miler Schilling, a horse he says has lost its way.

As a three-year-old trained by Mick Price, Schilling claimed the Group Two Sandown Guineas and appeared destined for big things.

He was stakes placed the following autumn but joint troubles derailed his preparation and have plagued the five-year-old since.

"I had him for his last run in February last year but he didn't go that good so we tipped him out. He came to me with front fetlock problems and then when we tried to bring him into work last time he had back fetlock problems," Morgan said.

"He's got a few issues up top and physically and we need to find out if he still wants to be a racehorse.

"He's trialled all right at Geelong and Benalla and has hit the line well so there might be a little bit of spark there."

Schilling, who has not raced for 70 weeks, has been nominated for a 0-89 1200m handicap on Saturday.

He is one of four horses Morgan will take to Moonee Valley to gallop on Tuesday morning.

Douro Valley has pleased Morgan with his progress since joining the stable.

His greatest triumph came when he landed the 2008 Yalumba Stakes at Caulfield for Flemington based trainer Danny O'Brien, but after a listless spring campaign last year he was moved into Morgan's care.

"He's an older horse now at eight years of age so he has his share of niggles," said Morgan.

"He came to me a fair while ago but we've just given him some time and tried to get him going again and he seems to be a happy horse."

At his best Douro Valley was a genuine Group One contender up to 2400 metres and helped complete a memorable Caulfield Cup quinella for O'Brien when second to stablemate Master O'Reilly in 2007.

Morgan said he would take Douro Valley along quietly over the next couple of months before locking in a target during the spring carnival.

Although the horse appeared to be working well at the moment Morgan could not predict whether the Douro Valley was capable of returning to his best at the highest level later this year.

"He's jumping out of his skin at the moment but you never really know until they race. We'll just pick something out for him in the spring and see how he goes," he said.