Theology, a top priced 33-1 for the St Leger, will bypass next Tuesday's Great Voltigeur at York and head straight to Doncaster on September 11.
Beaten a nose by Mikhail Glinka in the Queen's Vase at Royal Ascot, the son of Galileo ran well below par when dropped in trip on his next start, finishing sixth of the ten runners in Goodwood's Betfair Gordon Stakes.
His trainer Jermey Noseda said today that he was targeting all his efforts to get Theology back on top form for his Town Moor assignment and that York was denitely off the agenda.
Rewilding and Midas Touch currently head the St Leger betting at 9-2.
