Serendipity had been off the scene since June, but showed the long break had done him a world of good with an eye-catching first-up performance at Happy Valley on Wednesday night.
The Francis Lui Kin-wai-trained four-year-old returned in fantastic order, with his coat shining and looking more mature. Serendipity's work prior to this run had been solid including a trial win on the all-weather track last month.
Lui, who has only racked up a handful of winners this campaign, is surely looking forward to his next run over a longer sprint, where the gelding impressed over 1,200m at Sha Tin with two unlucky efforts.
In a wide-open betting market in the opening event, Serendipity jumped the sixth choice at near 9-1 odds in the Class Four dash over 1,000m for Zac Purton.
He was handy in the run after breaking alertly from gate seven, shuffled back to midfield after steadying off the heels of Supreme De Union, cornered three wide and was staying on nicely to come up a 11/2-length fourth behind smart debut winner Green Eagle.
Serendipity is still open to improvement and has the pedigree to be a bread-and-butter performer. The New Zealand-bred is by budding Tale Of The Cat stallion Falkirk, an eight-time sprint winner in Australia who has been represented on the local scene by exciting four-year-olds Fay Fay, Best City and Solar Great.