Josh Parr will never make a television critic.A month of enforced rest recuperating from a stress fracture to his L5 vertebra taught him just how much he loved being a jockey."For the first month I was pretty much on the lounge watching TV, watching movies. I tell you, it's alright for a day but for the other 29 you get over it. It was doing my head in there for a while," Parr said."It was frustrating watching races and seeing horses you probably could have been on winning and you're not there r

Josh Parr will never make a television critic.

A month of enforced rest recuperating from a stress fracture to his L5 vertebra taught him just how much he loved being a jockey.

"For the first month I was pretty much on the lounge watching TV, watching movies. I tell you, it's alright for a day but for the other 29 you get over it. It was doing my head in there for a while," Parr said.

"It was frustrating watching races and seeing horses you probably could have been on winning and you're not there riding them.

"As frustrating as it was being out, I hadn't had a good period of time off since I was an apprentice so it was good to get away a little bit and give my mind a freshen up. As much as there were negatives it was good for me as well."

All up, Parr spent almost three months on the sidelines before returning to the saddle in mid-February.

On Saturday he will chase his second career Group One aboard the Peter Snowden-trained Galah in the Rosehill Guineas (2000m).

Parr landed his only major to date aboard another of the Darley brigade, Skilled, in the Champagne Stakes two years ago and said he had learned to take big-race occasions in his stride.

"The first half a dozen (Group Ones) that I rode in, I suppose I went about things differently and tried to treat it like a different race," he said.

"It didn't really work for me. I overdid things and overthought things. When I won on Skilled I thought, `no bugger it, I'm going to treat this like a normal race, ride him the best I can and see what happens'.

"I really relaxed that day and as you know he won.

"That's how I go about it now. I just try to stay as relaxed as possible."

Parr will have his first race ride aboard Galah on Saturday but has done plenty of work with him behind the scenes.

The colt showed enormous promise in Melbourne during the spring, posting back-to-back stakes wins, and hasn't been disgraced in two runs this time in, the latest when midfield in the Randwick Guineas.

Parr has no doubt Galah is capable of being in the finish on Saturday.

"He's definitely got the ability. When he won that race at Caulfield in the spring, he rattled home and he looked like a star," Parr said.

"The majority of the field have had an extra run than him ... if there is any negative that would be it.

"But the horse has got a lot of ability and if it's run to suit he can really rattle off a last sectional."