Last time out on the Knavesmire the three-year-old daughter of Adaay landed the British Stallion Studs EBF Fillies’ Handicap for her fourth straight win.

It was her seventh career success in total and she is proving a real star for connections, not least Dunlop who earlier this month announced that he will quit training at the end of the season. Upper Lambourn-based Dunlop said: “The Ebor Festival is a fantastic and historic meeting and I think all of those races are very hard to win. To us, to win (the British Stallion Studs EBF Fillies’ Handicap) with a filly that’s progressing, running her over a different distance as well – seven furlongs – was even more satisfying. York did a fantastic job and we really enjoyed the whole experience.”

Adaay in Asia, now officially rated 98, comes back to six furlongs – her other half-dozen wins came at that trip – as she is tried in Listed company for the first time.

Dunlop said: “She has got plenty of toe. Obviously, the competition is getting stronger and also we are taking on some older horses, bigger boys – so it’s going to be tougher.

“There could be more to come. I’m realistic that you are taking on higher-rated horses, but she’s got a profile which could improve and I think she’s very versatile in her races as well, so fingers crossed she can. She keeps going up in the ratings and similarly she deserves to have a go at some black type now.

“She has been a star. She was a nice two-year-old as well and just had a little issue in the spring – she got a couple of splints after she ran at Wolverhampton (in February). We hoped to run her in the All-Weather Finals and things and it just didn’t happen – she was quite sore.

“So, it has taken us a little while and she’s really come to herself over the last three months. I think she’s won seven now, so for us as a team it has been fantastic.”

Dunlop is especially pleased for her owners, the 2 Under Partnership, who have been staunch supporters of his stable. The trainer confirmed: “They have been owners of mine for a long time, some of them ever since I started training. There’s Dean and Sue, Paul and Eric, Andy and Louise and David…”

Among the horses that Adaay In Asia may face in the £60,000 Elevator Company Garrowby Stakes is the Michael Dods-trained Gale Force Maya, who has won twice over course and distance already this season. A strong Yorkshire challenge currently sees seven horses from six different yards as potential opponents.