Ascot, England: Godolphin are doubly represented as they go in search of a record sixth King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes, one of Britain’s most prestigious races and the country’s second richest race, at Ascot on Saturday.

Trainer John Gosden’s master galloper Jack Hobbs and Saeed Bin Surour’s exciting Benbatl face eight rivals in the 2,400 metre showpiece which carriers a purse of £1.15 million and is only surpassed by the Epsom Derby.

Bin Surour shares the record as the most successful trainer in the race with the legendary Dick Hern and Sir Michael Stoute. However, he will be hoping to end a 13-year wait for another glitter King George trophy, having last triumphed in 2004 with Doyen.

Both Jock Hobbs and Benbatl have earned the place in a race which promises to be hotly contested with most of the 10 runners boasting serious claims.

Gosden is also responsible for the market-leader, the Khalid Abdullah-owned Enable, a progressive filly who completed the English and Irish Oaks double in domination fashion.

However, Godolphin’s retained rider, William Buick, is hoping that Jack Hobbs, winner of the 2016 Irish Derby and more recently the Group 1 Dubai Sheema Classic at Meydan on Dubai World Cup night in March, will produce his A ride on Saturday.

“Jack Hobbs has an excellent chance, especially as he is coming back to a mile and a half on rain-softened ground, two major factors in his favour,” he said in his guest column on the Godolphin website.

“But we will all have to produce our A-game to beat Enable, a dual Oaks winner, who was impressive with wide-margin victories at Epsom and the Curragh.”

Other notable contenders include Highland Reel, the Prince of Wales’s Stakes victory who has won six times at the highest level overall and is set to defend his King George crown he won 12 months ago.

The Ballydoyle handler also saddles Highland Reel’s brother Idaho, another Royal Ascot winner in the Hardwicke Stakes.

Sir Michael Stoute, who won the race in 2010 with Harbinger, is represented by Eclipse Stakes winner Ulysses who steps up in trip to a mile and a half.

David Simcock runs Eclipse third Desert Encounter, while Clive Cox is represented by My Dream Boat, fourth in the Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud on his most recent start.

History will be made when Sixties Song, the mount of French ace Gerald Mosse, becomes the first South American-trained horse to run in the King George.