Run over a mile and a half, the prestigious contest is sponsored by QIPCO for the first time in 2014, and also forms part of the QIPCO British Champions Series.

Treve carried all before her in 2013, culminating with her tremendous success in the Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe in October.

Her trainer, Criquette Head-Maarek, recently revealed that the King George will be very much on the agenda for the four-year-old daughter of Motivator.

Australia looks to be the horse of a lifetime, with his trainer, Aidan O’Brien, believing the colt to be the best to have passed through his hands.

He was victorious in the Derby at Epsom recently, when getting the better of Kingston Hill and Romsdal.

The last Derby winner to go on to victory in the King George was Australia’s sire Galileo - also trained by O’Brien - who landed both races in 2001.

In addition, O’Brien could rely on two Classic winners from 2013, in Derby hero Ruler Of The World and St Leger victor Leading Light, plus Breeders’ Cup Turf victor Magician.

Owner Hamdan Al Maktoum won the King George with the great Nashwan in 1989 and he has a strong hand this year with four entries including impressive Oaks heroine Taghrooda (John Gosden) and Dubai World Cup runner-up Mukhadram (William Haggas).

Angus Gold, racing manager to Hamdan Al Maktoum, said: “The King George is certainly a possibility and I know William is very keen to run him.” Trainer Sir Michael Stoute has won the King George a joint-record five times and has four entries this time around headed by Gospel Choir, successful in the Jockey Club Stakes and Yorkshire Cup.

Stoute’s other possible starters are 2013 King Edward VII Stakes scorer Hillstar, Lingfied Derby Trial winner Snow Sky and Telescope, who won the Great Voltigeur Stakes last season.

The late Sir Henry Cecil won the King George three times and his widow, Jane, has a contender with Frankel’s half-brother Noble Mission, who recorded his first Group One victory on his latest start in the Tattersalls Gold Cup at the Curragh.

Godolphin have enjoyed four victories in the King George, most recently with Doyen in 2004.

Its two entries this year are last season’s Irish Derby winner Trading Leather (Jim Bolger) and True Story (Saeed bin Suroor).

The last two renewals of the King George have gone to horses trained in Germany, courtesy of Danedream (2012) and Novelist (2013).

There are two entries hailing from Germany in 2014, Ivanhowe (Jean-Pierre Carvalho), a dual Group Two winner at Cologne and Wild Chief (Jens Hirschberger), who stayed on to take fourth in the Prix Du Jockey Club at Chantilly last time out.