Kahyasi was a small dark-coated bay horse bred by his owner HH Aga Khan IV at his stud in Ireland.

He was switched to the outside to take the lead a furlong from the finish and ran on well to win by one and a half lengths from Glacial Storm, with Doyoun third.

He suffered the first defeat of his career as he was beaten a neck by the Grand Prix de Paris winner Fijar Tango.

[10] He was later moved to stand at the Haras de Bonneval in Normandy when he was put down on 12 June 2008 at the age of 23 after being diagnosed as suffering from a tumour.

Kahyasi won the 2008 French broodmare sire title ahead of Sadler's Wells, Linamix and Kaldoun.