Hong Kong's cards go on the table today for the Longines Hong Kong International Races with Ambitious Dragon in the Jockey Club Mile looking the most convincing of the favourite runners, reports the Racing Post in Hong Kong.Although the Dragon and Zac Purton may need some luck with traffic if the race becomes a stop-start affair without a regulation leader, as it appears on paper, clear running looks his only impediment to beating a blinkered Glorious Days (Douglas Whyte) again in a race of 2 1/

Hong Kong's cards go on the table today for the Longines Hong Kong International Races with Ambitious Dragon in the Jockey Club Mile looking the most convincing of the favourite runners, reports the Racing Post in Hong Kong.

Although the Dragon and Zac Purton may need some luck with traffic if the race becomes a stop-start affair without a regulation leader, as it appears on paper, clear running looks his only impediment to beating a blinkered Glorious Days (Douglas Whyte) again in a race of 2 1/2 chances.

With fitness queries over Sweet Orange and Xtension, the John Moore-trained Military Attack (Tim Clark) provides the knockout factor - something Clark and Moore were able to bring to last year's race - but this is the chance for Ambitious Dragon to stamp himself as the one to beat on international day, whichever race he tackles.

In both of the other international preludes, there are scenarios which might produce improved efforts away from the first-glance favourites.

In the Cup, California Memory (Matthew Chadwick) looked to be back on song with a flashing finish that petered out late in the Sha Tin Trophy, but he will be at the rear in a race where tempo is not a given.

Mighty High shared the lead at a mile resuming for a new yard, then folded up quickly. He can comfortably occupy the front over an extra 400m, but may have only Liberator, Fay Fay and Helene Spirit for company and no necessity to go quickly.

John Moore's Packing Whiz (Brett Prebble) has looked good in lesser events and this time we find out if he is the real deal - and at 2,000m for the first time - but it is worth noting the leap in grade he makes. The Ladies' Purse is labelled a Group Three but was structured lower, like a Class One, and a worthwhile jump is necessary.

Fay Fay (Tye Angland) still has performances in his resume that would have won those races just as comfortably, and the form of Packing Whiz's stablemate Zaidan (Olivier Doleuze) looks better than most here too.