A star-studded maximum and very international field of 20 will line up for the �250,000 Group One Golden Jubilee Stakes over six furlongs on Saturday, the final day of Royal Ascot at York, with the home team having to field off challenges from America, Hong Kong, Japan, Scotland, Ireland and Wales.

Keeneland Swan, trained in Japan by Hideyuki Mori, arrived at the Newmarket stables of Geoff Wragg on Sunday. He is shipping to York tomorrow afternoon and this twice Group One-placed colt will be ridden by crack German rider Andreas Suborics who has been riding in Japan this winter.

Cape of Good Hope, beaten two heads in this race last year, has again been brought over from Hong Kong by former Sussex-based trainer David Oughton, trying to improve on his close fourth to Chineur in the five-furlong King`s Stand Stakes here on Tuesday. Johnny Murtagh is due to take the ride.

American raider Mighty Beau, fifth in the Group Two King`s Stand Stakes, has come out of the race well. Trainer Jeff Mullins has left his charge up at York and Mighty Beau was jogged on the track on this morning.

Mullins said before the declarations were known: "I am hoping for drying ground and a low draw, as the horse likes to run against the rail."

Mighty Beau will again be ridden by American rider David Nuesch who has partnered the gelding to two victories in California earlier in his career.

Owner Michael Cloonan remarked: "I am very happy with draw five - it is perfect for us."

Others who ran in the King`s Stand, the sixth Var, the seventh The Tatling and the 12th Orientor are also due to run again but Fayr Jag, winner of the 2004 Golden Jubilee Stakes and eighth on Tuesday, is one of five horses eliminated from Saturday`s field - the others are Jonny Ebeneezer, Kind, La Cucaracha and Ringmoor Down.

The race that some are convinced the winner will come from is last month`s Temple Stakes at Sandown, where Orientor and Balmont chased home Celtic Mill, while The Tatling and Etlaala, who finished fifth and seventh respectively in that five-furlong sprint, are also out again.

Jeremy Noseda, on the mark with Proclamation in Wednesday`s Jersey Stakes, has always thought that Balmont had the potential to take high rank among the sprinting kings, and, though he was only beaten two short heads at Sandown, he will arguably be even more effective over this extra furlong.

No three-year-old has succeeded in this race since Atraf nine years ago, but Etlaala, who had no luck in running at Sandown and did well to be beaten only four lengths, carries plenty of stable confidence.

Richard Hills, who rides Etlaala for his father Barry, said: "I have always loved this horse, and he was so impressive when he won the Champagne Stakes at Doncaster last year. He disappointed on his comeback in the Craven, but we never lost faith in him and he showed in the Temple that he has speed to burn, so if the ground dries up by Saturday he must have a big chance."

However, Etlaala is not the only three-year-old fancied, because Richard Hannon also gives Galeota a live chance. He said: "Galeota is one of our stars and, though he won over seven furlongs at Epsom`s Derby meeting, he only just lasted home, and sprinting is really his game. He showed us what a good horse he was last year when he won the Mill Reef Stakes at Newbury, and Ryan (Moore) gets on so well with him."

However, there would certainly be no more popular winner than Yorkshire-trained Somnus, who flies the flag for Tim Easterby. The Easterbys don`t believe in shopping at the top end and Fayr Jag cost 8,000 guineas, while Somnus was acquired for 13,500 guineas. The latter has already won three Group Ones, and, following his encouraging comeback fourth in the Duke of York Stakes at the May Meeting, will be spot on for Saturday.

Antonius Pius will be another popular choice, as he is trained by Ireland`s champion Aidan O`Brien and ridden by Kieren Fallon, while recent Chantilly winner The Trader and the tough Quito will also have their supporters.