“We think he’s doing all right. He doesn’t show anything at all at home. He sweats quite a bit and we’d be worried if he didn’t,” Bruce Raymond, assistant manager to owner Saeed Suhail, told attheraces.

“He’s very lazy but he breezed out OK over four furlongs this morning, so we are hopeful.

“I think he’s OK on good to firm ground. He won the Derby on that ground.

“We just think because he won on very soft ground at Doncaster last year that it would hamper the others. If it became soft we’d be happier, but I don’t think he particularly needs it soft – good ground is OK for him.

“Everybody is going to fancy their horses. It’s going to be a good race. I think with Falbrav he has to get the distance which is not a problem for Kris Kin.

“We have beaten Alamshar once and people lose their money backing third horses to beat the one that finished in front of them, so I see no reason why we shouldn’t beat Alamshar again.

“If you handled Epsom you can handle anything and the track shouldn’t be a problem for him.”

Kris Kin will bid to become the third Derby winner in the last 10 years to go on to success in the King George.

Lammtarra followed up his Epsom triumph with victory in 1995 while Galileo achieved the feat two years ago.

Kieren Fallon, who won the King George last year on Golan, will ride Kris Kin for Newmarket trainer Sir Michael Stoute.

Sulamani was all the rage with punters and was cut by Ladbrokes and Coral for the Ascot showpiece.

Frankie Dettori’s mount has been the best backed horse in Coral’s betting following the final declarations, and the Godolphin colt is now 9-2 joint-second favourite from 5-1.

Sulamani, along with the other Godolphin runners Leadership and Grandera, will be bidding to give the Dubai operation their fourth win in the race and their 100th Group One victory in all.

“Punters seem to have latched on to Godolphin’s excellent record in the race, and added to the ’Frankie-factor’ and the forecast rain, Sulamani could well go off favourite on Saturday,” predicted Coral spokesman David Stevens.

Balthazar Fabricius of Ladbrokes, who go 5-1 from 6-1, added: “A few weeks ago we took a view that Sulamani was a horse we wanted to take on.

“But having laid the horse to lose another £75,000 (€105,000) today coupled with the fact that the horse is already our worst loser we are having to respect the money enormously.”

Michael Kinane will bid to improve on his already impressive tally in the King George when he partners Grandera in Saturday’s showpiece.

The Irish jockey, who will be having his eighth ride in the race, has won the prestigious contest in the past on Belmez (1990), King’s Theatre (1994), Montjeu (2000) and Galileo (2001).

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’s Mamool and Narrative were the only two withdrawals at the final declaration stage leaving 14 runners, the largest field since Ile De Bourbon beat 13 rivals in 1978.

King George VI And Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes betting:

Coral: 7-2 Alamshar, 9-2 Sulamani, Nayef, 5-1 Kris Kin, 7-1 Falbrav, 10-1 Victory Moon, 12-1 Warrsan, Bollin Eric, 16-1 Indian Creek, 25-1 Leadership, Millenary, Grandera, 66-1 Magistretti, 150-1 Izdiham.