"Your mile at Ascot is much more gruelling and a mile and a quarter to us in the States is like a mile and a half and may just be too much," Motion told Racing UK.
"It is a relief that there is no Frankel. The Queen Anne is an interesting option and it is something that I think he can adapt to.
"That's the remarkable thing about this horse is that he can do a bit of everything."
Animal Kingdom was ridden by Joel Rosario in Dubai, but Motion is keen for John Velazquez to get back on board at Ascot.
Velazquez guided Animal Kingdom to his career-defining Kentucky Derby triumph and has previous experience of the Royal meeting.
"It is asking a lot for an American jockey to ride here if he hasn't ridden here before, it is not as if he can watch a race first," Motion said.
"Velazquez is one of the best jockeys in the world. He has ridden Animal Kingdom before and has won at Ascot so is the logical choice."
Motion had not seen Animal Kingdom since two days after the Dubai World Cup, but believes his charge is ready to step up a gear after fortnight off.
"I'm very pleased with him," said the trainer.
"He has had an easy two weeks. I wouldn't say he has put all his condition back on but I'm pleased with how healthy he looks and how bright he is.
"We're going to press on but if there is any reason he shows us he is not up to it we are not going to force the issue.
"As long as he continues to work well and it all goes smoothly we will take a shot."
Connections of Animal Kingdom are wary of the challenge posed by Godolphin’s Farhh in the Queen Anne Stakes at Royal Ascot.
Animal Kingdom went through a full raceday routine under big-race partner John Velazquez at the Berkshire course on Wednesday morning in preparation for the mile contest in just under three weeks.
The Dubai World Cup and 2011 Kentucky Derby winner is 5-2 joint-favourite alongside Farhh with Coral for the opening race of the five-day Royal meeting on June 18.
“I am worried about that one horse,” part-owner Barry Irwin said of the impressive Lockinge Stakes winner.
“He ran a 132 Timeform rating, he looked good winning and he is fresh. You have got to give him a lot of credit and we are worried as hell about him.”
Animal Kingdom went twice around the pre-parade ring and parade ring at Ascot before being led onto the track by trainer Graham Motion on a pony.
He then worked with Perpetually over around five furlongs down Ascot’s straight on soft, good to soft going after the course received 30mm on rain on Tuesday.
He kicked clear of Perpetually early on and galloped all the way to the winning post, where he appeared to jump the finishing line. “He just saw the line where the grass was going the other way and tried to jump it,” Velazquez said. “It is a new track and a new thing for him. He has seen something that is not supposed to be there. He was going fairly fast to do something like that, I was lucky to stay on him.
“He gave me the sign before he was going to do it but I didn’t think he would.”
Velazquez added that Animal Kingdom would wear a noseband on race day in addition to the hood he wore in Dubai in March. Motion had a sighter of the course on a pony after the piece of work, having walked the course on his own earlier this month.
That day Motion was leaning heavily towards the Queen Anne in preference to the Princes Of Wales’s Stakes over two furlongs further and after he had washed down his charge he once again highlighted how difficult a challenge he felt running at Ascot was.
“Johnny was very happy with him,” Motion said. “Because it was soft I told him to really pick it up four furlongs out. “It is asking an awful lot for him to accomplish it."
“This is a huge challenge for him, a much stiffer challenge than going to Dubai. It will be the first time he has ever run on anything other than an oval.
“Dubai is a much more comparable situation to running in America whereas this is so different. In racing these days, particularly in America, we look for the easy races but we are not ducking any challenges here.”
