Frequent Flyer Mongolian Saturday Works

Mongolian Saturday, runner-up in the Woodford Stakes Presented by Keeneland Select (gr. IIIT), breezed three furlongs in :37 2/5 at Keeneland Race Course Oct. 20 in preparation for the Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint (gr. IT).



Santiago Aragon, assistant to trainer Enebish Ganbat, was aboard for the work shortly before the track closed for workouts at 10 a.m. (ET).



The 5-year-old gelded son of Any Given Saturday, whose owner Ganbaatar Dagvadorj and trainer are from Mongolia, was purchased for $60,000 from the Gainesway consignment to the 2011 Keeneland September yearling sale.



"Everybody is excited," Ganbat said, adding that the owner is expected to attend the Breeders' Cup to watch Mongolian Saturday compete.



Ganbat, who said he began training horses in Mongolia in 1995, is in his fifth year of training in the U.S. He has 12 horses in training for Dagvadorj, who keeps several broodmares in Central Kentucky.



Although much experienced in stakes company, the gelding has yet to win a stakes. The Woodford marked the 11th stakes placing for Mongolian Saturday, who has made 30 starts at 13 race tracks in six states and Ontario, with six wins and earnings of $410,926.



Previous to the Woodford, Mongolian Saturday finished second in the Parx Dash and Turf Monster, both grade III stakes on the turf at Parx Racing, and the West Virginia Legislature Chairman's Cup Stakes.