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Trainer Enebish Ganbat feels Mongolian Saturday has the necessary speed to make his presence felt in the King's Stand Stakes at Royal Ascot on Tuesday.

Mongolian Saturday won the Breeders' Cup Sprint over five and a half furlongs at Keeneland in late October but has since suffered two defeats over six furlongs in Hong Kong.

"We are very happy," said Mongolian-born, American-based trainer Ganbat.

"It was a long-term dream to come to England to run our horse and now that dream is really happening.

"We are very happy to be running at the home of the thoroughbred horse.

"Winning the Breeders' Cup was of course a very special day as we wanted to win the race and we did.

"Usually the horse is very nervous over shipping, but now he is OK.

"We did a breeze with him and it seems he is very fast and the King's Stand for him is his first race.

"In Hong Kong for his latest race, in my opinion, we did everything good except our normal jockey (Florent Geroux) could not come and ride him."

As well as the King's Stand, Mongolian Saturday holds an entry in the Diamond Jubilee Stakes over six furlongs on Saturday week.