After "abdicating" for over 1,000 days, which saw him fall from a Group winner to Class 4, King Louis bounced back on Saturday with a stylish victory.

Ridden by Marc Lerner, the Ricardo Le Grange-trained seven-year-old came from a handy spot to beat Free Fallin' by half a length in the $50,000 Class 4 Division 2 event.

He covered the Polytrack 1,600m in 1min 38.11sec.

In his heyday, King Louis captured the $150,000 Group 3 El Dorado Classic over 2,000m. That was in September 2018.