RAY Dawson went into Ismail Mohammed’s Newmarket yard one sunny morning last May full of anticipation.

He was set to ride a piece of work on a Dandy Man filly and the early signs were that she was a very nice filly. Dawson liked her a lot and Mohammed did too. The piece of work was with her stablemate, a No Nay Never filly, and the pair of them stretched out together, side by side, toe to toe.