Two wins apiece for Hanagan and Hughes

PAUL HANAGAN kept up his relentless pursuit of the British jockeys’ championship with a 50-1 double at Nottingham yesterday. However, his main rival, Richard Hughes kept pace with two winners of his own, one at Nottingham and another at Kempton’s evening meeting.

Hanagan firstly scored by the narrowest of margins on Duquesa (16-1) in division two of the Red Box Recorders Simply, Smarter, Voice Nursery.

The filly, trained by David Evans, had failed to trouble the judge in three previous outings but she showed great courage to hold Hernando Torres by a nose.