Stoute odds-on for another King George

NINE-TIMES champion trainer Sir Michael Stoute is as short as 4-7 with Sky Bet to win a fourth King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot on Saturday.

The master of Freemason Lodge has previously struck gold in the summer showpiece with Shergar (1981), Opera House (1993) and Golan (2002), and this year the trainer has three strings to his bow.

Topping the bill is last year year’s St Leger and Breeders’ Cup Turf hero Conduit and he is set to be joined by stablemate Tartan Bearer, second in the Prince Of Wales’s Stakes at Royal Ascot last time, and Coronation Cup winner Ask.