Shahrastani was a chestnut horse with a broad white blaze bred in Kentucky by his owner HH Aga Khan IV.

He started the even money favourite against a field which included the Epsom third Mashkour and Dancing Brave's stable companion Bakharoff, the leading European two-year-old of 1985.

In July, Shahrastani started favourite for his rematch with Dancing Brave in the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot.

His best runner on the flat was probably Dariyoun who won some good races in Spain including the domestic Group I Gran Premio Madrid.

Shahrastani also sired the good hurdler Zabadi who won the Anniversary 4-Y-O Novices' Hurdle[6] He is also the damsire of Alamshar, whose victories include the 2003 Irish Derby and King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes.

Shahrastani was put down in December 2011 at Walton Fields Stud in Grimston, Leicestershire because of deteriorating health, having retired from stallion duties a year earlier.