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The patience of trainer Mark Walker and members of the Fortuna Sportsman Syndicate were rewarded in spades on Sunday at Kranji when five-year-old gelding Spokesman (Alamosa-Panthera) broke through for his first Singapore win.

"Since acquiring Spokesman in January of this year, he has had 10 starts for us prior to today and had won prizemoney in nine of them," said Fortuna director John Galvin.

"So, while he is no champion, he is honest as the day is long and now gets a well-deserved win.

"Mark decided that we needed to be positive from the wide draw and try and lead and Zawari (Razali) executed the tactics perfectly – so big kudos to trainer and jockey."

Drawn in barrier 11 in an 11-horse field over the 1600 metre trip on turf in Class 5 grade ($30,000 Speedy Cat Stakes), Spokesman was fired out of the gates, with Zawari soon having him in the lead, while maintaining a solid tempo in the run.

Still sitting quietly as they turned, Zawari gave the horse some rein, quickly putting a gap on the field and ended up winning the race by a commanding six lengths.

Spokesman is one of two horses in the Fortuna Sportsman Syndicate (the other is Sportsman), an ownership group consisting of 27 individuals.

The win gave Walker his 56th win for the season. He now leads the 2019 Singapore trainer's premiership by a 14 win-margin.