He was sired by a famous Argentine thoroughbred named Congreve out of the dam Mosquita.

[1] After being seen by American Lindsay Howard during a polo trip to Argentina, Kayak was purchased for $7,000 along with another horse named Ligaroti.

To avoid a conflict of names, the horse had to be registered in the U.S. as Kayak II.

Trained by R. Thomas Smith, he won 14 races and finished in the money in 23 of his 26 starts in the U.S.

Kayak II was named the U.S. Champion Older Male Horse in 1939 in the earlier equivalent to today's Eclipse Awards.