More Than Ready, Heart's Cry and Stay Gold sire new stakes winners

The Danny O’Brien is doing a rain dance ahead of the meeting at The Valley.

Trainer and jockey quotes following the Resimax Group Jockeys Challenge Friday 21 January won by Stay Gold at Flemington on Saturday.

Though he was retired from racing at the end of 2013, Orfevre once again beat the competition earlier this week when he clinched a spot in the JRA Racing Hall of Fame.

In a major blow to his legion of fans, triple Singapore Gold Cup winner El Dorado will not be able to have a crack at becoming the new all-time “winningest” record holder of the time-honoured race after an untimely injury forced him into early retirement.