He will now be teaming up with the horse that pipped his mount Hawk Wing a short head in last year’s Ireland The Food Ireland Champion Stakes at Leopardstown.

Speaking on attheraces Godolphin’s racing manager Simon Crisford confirmed their riding arrangements.

He said: “Michael Kinane rides Grandera with Jamie Spencer on Leadership and Frankie on Sulamani.

“We will put them (cheek pieces) on Grandera. His last two runs have been disappointing but he’s well in himself.

“Sulamani obviously doesn’t show a lot at home. He is not a robust horse that requires a lot of hard work going into a race.

“Obviously it was a great performance in Dubai but we came back to Newmarket and we took our time with him because we knew the races for him were in the second half of the season.”

Sulamani finished a below-par fifth (promoted to fourth) in the Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud in his European comeback race at the end of last month.

Explaining the disappointing effort Crisford said: “I think a combination of factors worked against him on that occasion. The ground was probably a bit quick and I think the pace in the race was probably not quite strong enough.

“There were one or two legitimate excuses. Nevertheless we were disappointed that he didn’t finish better than his position.

“Having said that, he’s made significant progress since that event. I think going into the King George the whole of the Godolphin team would be a lot happier with him and very much hopeful that he can reproduce his best form.”

Godolphin will not be running a confirmed pacemaker.

“Looking at the way the race is shaping up right now, it looks like the pace is going to be on,” Crisford went on.

“I’m sure especially with the younger horses coming through probably with half a mile to run that the battle will really start early.

“Leadership is a natural pace horse and if for some reason the pace was not strong enough, he could pick it up.”