Darshaan was a brown horse bred by his owner Aga Khan IV.
Darshaan's dam Delsy, was a daughter of the 1961 Grand Critérium winner, Abdos.
Trained by Alain de Royer-Dupré, Darshaan was ridden by Yves Saint-Martin in all his races.
As a two-year-old in 1983, he won the Group 1 Critérium de Saint-Cloud, setting a race record time of 2:07.40 for 2,000 metres that still stood going into 2010.
He was the damsire of Group 1 winners: In 2000, Darshaan underwent an emergency operation for colic.