Melbourne Cup favourite Fame Game stretched his legs with a light canter at Werribee on Wednesday on a morning when fellow Japanese raider Hokko Brave was given a rest day.

Trainer Yasutoshi Matsunaga said he was pleased with Hokko Brave and how he had settled into Melbourne but decided to give the horse a couple of easy days inside the compound at the quarantine complex.

Both the Yoshitada Munakata-trained Fame Game and Hokko Brave arrived in Melbourne on Saturday night ahead of their respective tilts at the Caulfield and Melbourne Cups.

Speaking through an interpreter, Matsunaga said Hokko Brave coped well with the trip and was scheduled to do light cantering on Thursday.

"He's very good at travelling so he didn't lose much weight, didn't get much stress," Matsunaga said.

"Actually we sent him out on the track on Monday and we just saw how he was reacting and we decided to give him two more days off because it's a long trip.

"We will go out tomorrow and we will (be) back (to) normal training."

Matsunaga has also given an insight into Hokko Brave, who he believes turned in his best performance over the Melbourne Cup distance of 3200m in the Tenno Sho - Spring.

He didn't hesitate to nominate Fame Game as his horse's biggest danger in the Cups.

The Melbourne Cup favourite and a Caulfield Cup joint-favourite, Fame Game was runner-up to Gold Ship in the Group One Tenno Sho - Spring in May.

He was given a light canter on Wednesday on the new all-weather track at Werribee and his trainer, also speaking through an interpreter, said everything had gone well.

"There's no problem so far so I'm happy with him," Munakata said.

"He lost a bit (of weight on the flight) but he already gained the weight back, so it's all good."

Munakata said Fame Game left Japan a fit horse and won't need many strong gallops before the Caulfield Cup.

"We just need to keep his condition well and keep him happy," he said.