TITLE-chasing jockey Paul Hanagan has dual Classic aims for now and the future.

The Warrington jockey added another winner in his bid to become champion when Wootton Bassett enchanced his Classic claims with victory at Doncaster yesterday.

And the 30-year-old has also picked up a spare ride in tomorrow’s Ladbrokes St Leger aboard Jeremy Noseda’s Theology.

Theology was meant to be ridden by Hanagan’s title rival Richard Hughes, but he is being claimed by his trainer Richard Hannon to partner his runners at Goodwood.

Theology disappointed in the Gordon Stakes at Goodwood last time and is a 40-1 chance with Coral for tomorrow’s final Classic of the season. But the Noseda camp are hopeful he can go well and were delighted to get the in-form Hanagan to partner him.

Noseda’s assistant Tom Morley said: “We are not going to complain about having Paul aboard on Saturday. The way he is riding at the moment, he could get a tune out a rusty wheelbarrow.”

There will be 10 lining up in the Leger tomorrow with Godolphin’s Rewilding the 6-4 favourite with Victor Chandler and Sportingbet.

James Given’s Dandino is next best at a general 7-1 with most firms with Aidan O’Brien’s Irish Derby runner-up Midas Touch a best-priced 15-2 chance with Sportingbet.

Whatever happens for Hanagan in tomorrow’s Classic, he has a lot to look forward to next season with the unbeaten Wootton Bassett.

Following on from his win in a lucrative sales contest at York last month he followed up with another superb victory in the Weatherbys Insurance £300,000 2-Y-O Stakes at Doncaster.

Trainer Richard Fahey has always believed his youngster is something special and he looks to be living up to tag he gave him as the best two-year-old the Malton handler has ever trained.

The Iffraaj colt was sent off the 2-1 favourite under Hanagan and was always handy in the six-furlong contest.

Once Wootton Bassett hit the front he went on to beat off the challenge of Galtymore Lad, also second at Yorkto score by a length.

Fahey said: “He must have improved since York as the second was a lot better off at the weights and we’ve beaten him again. We’ll have a look at the race in France on Arc day over seven furlongs (Jean-Luc Lagardere) and also the Middle Park, but we’ll get him home and see how he is.

“He saw it out well at the end and his dam won over a mile and a quarter, so you’d like to think he’ll stay a bit further.

“He’s just grown up a lot and he’s an exceptional horse. I have to admit I was a bit nervous today as you just want him to win so much.

“His scope and demeanour would suggest he will train on. He’s in the Irish Guineas and I would imagine he’ll have an entry in the English Guineas as well.”

Wootton Bassett is a 25-1 chance for next year’s 2,000 Guineas and looks to have the potential to possibly give trainer and jockey a first Classic victory at Headquarters next May.

Meanwhile Michael Jarvis is optimistic that Opinion Poll will stay the two and a quarter miles of the Doncaster Cup today,

The progressive four-year-old carries a 3lb penalty following his victory in the Lonsdale Cup at York last month and will be stepping up in trip.

But Jarvis said: “He’s been in good form since he ran at York. It’s another two furlongs so we going slightly into the unknown but he has a very relaxed style of running, so we’ve every hope he’ll get the extra two. Any further ease in the ground will be to his favour. Up until the rain came earlier in the week he was a doubtful runner.”

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