One of Australia's oldest metropolitan jockeys has been called on to help revive the career of one of the most precocious talents in Sydney's newly-crowned premier stable.Rodney Quinn, 50, emerged on Tuesday as the new rider for the Chris Waller-trained Pressday, a Group One winner as two-year-old who lost his way during an abbreviated autumn campaign.Pressday convinced Waller he was ready to take on up-and-coming sprinter Rain Affair at weight-for-age in the Missile Stakes at Randwick on Saturd

One of Australia's oldest metropolitan jockeys has been called on to help revive the career of one of the most precocious talents in Sydney's newly-crowned premier stable.

Rodney Quinn, 50, emerged on Tuesday as the new rider for the Chris Waller-trained Pressday, a Group One winner as two-year-old who lost his way during an abbreviated autumn campaign.

Pressday convinced Waller he was ready to take on up-and-coming sprinter Rain Affair at weight-for-age in the Missile Stakes at Randwick on Saturday when he galloped impressively on Tuesday morning.

"He worked very well this morning ... it was the first time I've been happy with him this time in," Waller said.

"It was noticeable he was a lot more settled and relaxed and he finished his work off nicely."

Still, Waller remains cautious ahead of the Missile Stakes but is hoping Quinn's relaxed nature will rub off on the entire.

Quinn delivered for Waller when he rode imported stayer Stand To Gain to an upset victory in this year's Sydney Cup.

"Rodney's got good hands and he will give Pressday every chance to settle," Waller said.

On the back of suspect barrier manners, Pressday lost some caste during a three-start autumn campaign but it wasn't enough to diminish his appeal as a stallion prospect.

Since he finished fifth in the Randwick Guineas, the four-year-old has been sold to Victoria's Eliza Park Stud.

As his record now stands, Pressday will go to stud as the winner of the Group One TJ Smith Classic and last season's Group Two Sandown Guineas - both over 1600m.

But a breakthrough weight-for-age win against sharp opposition will help boost his stud value.

Stablemate Triple Elegance, meanwhile, is also a Missile runner.

Triple Elegance graduated from benchmark racing to black-type success during the autumn and was weight-for-age placed in the George Ryder Stakes before finishing down the track in the Doncaster Mile.

Missile entries remained at 14 with trainer Joe Pride confirming Rain Affair would make his stakes debut in the race.

Rain Affair was given a serious piece of work at Warwick Farm on Tuesday morning but the gallop had no bearing on Pride's decision.

"I decided pretty much straight away after looking at the nominations it was the right way to go," he said.

Pride will also run Neeson in the Missile but will save Phenomenal Lass for an easier race at the meeting.

Two more nominations were received for the Listed Rosebud - a lead-up race to next month's $1 million Golden Rose.

David Payne strengthened his hand when he entered Dream Choice to complement original nominations Al's Magic Miss and Queenian.