The 28-year-old Australian jockey has decided not to renew his licence for next year and is among one of the two expatriate jockeys leaving Kranji after Saturday's meeting. Fellow Australian Danny Beasley, who bagged a double at his farewell meeting in Singapore, will return home to Wagga Wagga, New South Wales before Christmas (see earlier report).
Since he began his nine-month stint in Singapore in mid-February this year, Bayliss has ridden 19 winners, which includes a Group 1 win with Prosperous Return in the Queen Elizabeth II Cup (1800m) in October and a Group 2 win with Golden Monkey in the Singapore Three-Year-Old Classic (1400m) in July, and ranks 10th on the overall jockeys' premiership.
He reckoned he has achieved more than what he wanted and it was a good learning journey that further honed his skills as a rider.
"It was nice to go out a winner. I'm flying out to Brisbane tomorrow with my girlfriend, Hollee (Bohr)," said the Queensland-born hoop who visited Singapore when he was seven during the time his father Jamie worked as a track rider for ex-Kranji trainer Michael Kent.
"It's a blessing. Singapore's been really great to me. Trainers like Donna Logan, Tim Fitzsimmons and Ricardo (Le Grange), and the (Singapore Turf) Club, I can't thank everyone enough for their support.
"It was my dream to ride here and I had a goal to ride 20 winners, and that (King Louis) was my 19th.
"It was also my goal to ride a Group winner, and I've ridden one Group 1 (Prosperous Return) and one Group 2 winner (Golden Monkey), so I think they've made up for all the goals I've set."
While King Louis emerged from the pack to grab the lead at the 200m, Thunder (Krisna Thangamani), who was held up in the run at the top of the straight, began breathing down his neck with 100m to go.
Things looked tense for a brief moment, but King Louis ($70) kept finding under Bayliss' urgings, eventually going on to score by a neck. Vittoria Perfetta (Saifudin Ismail) ran another one-and-a-quarter lengths away in third.
The winning time was 1 min 45.15secs for the 1700m on the Polytrack.
"He's obviously got the ability but he makes you work for it," said the baby-faced jockey after the win.
"The instruction from Ricardo was to stay off the fence but I went a furlong and was still on the paint, so I thought I'd easily cop another spray from him (chuckles), but everything worked out well.
"I just had to wait for the horse to drop the bit and he's always going to stay. I didn't think he would sprint big time but he still travelled well up to the 600m.
"I had to make my own bit of luck and dictate with him and he went right to the line.
"Hopefully I can come back for a stint in Singapore and we can team up for more wins."
Le Grange, who pulled off a brace on Saturday with Hole In One ($7) in the $75,000 Restricted Maiden race over 1200m earlier, welcomed the idea of working together in future.
"We'll definitely be more than happy to use him for the big races next year, provided the Club gives him a licence and he agrees to come back."
The South African handler finished fourth on the trainers' premiership on 36 winners this season.
An old stalwart and winner of the now-defunct 2018 Group 3 El Dorado Classic (1800m), King Louis has won seven races and placed 19 times in 68 starts, amassing close to $990,000 in prizemoney for the King Louis Stable.
