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Talented French jockey Maxime Guyon repeated his 2014 performance over the International Race Weekend in Mauritius on December 3 and 4 which closed the local racing season for 2016.

After a single victory on Saturday aboard the favoured Emaar Guyon hit hard on Sunday to overtake Australia’s Mark Zahra, the leader after day one.

The Frenchman landed a super treble aboard Duke The Duke (2nd race), Paladin (4th) and Sunset Breeze (7th).

Thanks to this three-star performance Guyon amassed 19 points to relegate another Australian rider James Winks to second place.

Winks, victorious with Suzie's Arrow on Saturday, landed a second winner on Sunday with Jullidar.

However Zahra, after two victories on Saturday with Blue Jeans and Avail, finished empty-handed on Sunday and lost three places to finish fourth.

The other high on Sunday was a sublime victory by Tandragee in the main event for the Gujadhur stable.

Indian rider Pradeep Chouhan did not miss his first foreign experience as he signed in with a victory with Sir Earl Grey in the 5th.

The final day winners were:

1st race - Jullidar – Winks

2nd race - Duke The Duke - Guyon

3rd race - Mr Oshkosh - Le Gaey

4th race - Paladin - Guyon

5th race - Sir Earl Gray - Chouhan

6th race - Tandragee - Mansour

7th Race - Sunset Breeze – Guyon