HAPPY Valley's compact setting can provide Wong Tang Ping's Amazing Grace with his first Hongkong win in tonight's second race.
Staying's his game and ridden by Tony Cruz, the five-year-old New Zealand private purchase will appreciate every bit of the 2,230 metre trip.
He faced the starter twice last season, racing over trips far too short.
However, after the benefit of two warm-ups runs this season he showed he was ready by running a close-up third over 2,000 metres on the equitrack.
Dropped back to 1,800 metres at his next start in a highly competitive Classes 1 and 2 event, he never really got into his stride and finished mid-field.
Stepped back up to course and distance last start, he raced genuinely throughout but could not withhold the challenge of Class One horse Victory And Glory near the post and had to settle for the runners-up spot, although there were many useful horses in his wake.