With eight wins scored within the space of his first two months in Singapore at the end of last year, jockey Vagner Leal was fast garnering positive reviews from the typically hard-marking Kranji racegoers, but a sluggish start to the new 2014 campaign has brought a slightly unexpected dampener to that impression.

The progressive Euro Zone appears well on track to make a winning return on Sunday when he resumes at Singapore in the eighth race of the day.

Trainer Mark Walker got his tactics spot on to oversee a smart victory from Eclair Sensation who took home the Mistubishi Electric Asia Stakes $55,000 Class 4 race over 1100m on Sunday.