Arod Back To Blighty

Qatar Racing's smart 6-year-old Arod (Ire) (Teofilo {Ire}) has returned to Britain following an unsatisfactory stint racing in Australia. Winner of the G3 Diomed S. at Epsom and the G2 Summer Mile S. at Ascot in 2015, Arod was transferred from Peter Chapple-Hyam to Chris Waller in late 2016 to continue his racing career Down Under. Although he finished second in a brace of Group 3 handicaps, his final three outings in Australia suggested he would struggle to add to his win tally. “He just wasn't suited by the tempo of racing there,” Qatar Racing's David Redvers told the Racing Post. Arod also finished second to Solow (GB) (Singspiel {Ire}) in the 2015 G1 Qatar Sussex S. and just before being repatriated he suffered a paddock mishap which will delay his return to the track. “The plan was to bring him back, let him get over the flight and then put him in training here, but he had a disagreement with a fence in his paddock before he came back and he's injured his hind leg. It's unattractive but it's not serious. He's at Longholes [Qatar Racing's rehabilitation centre] recovering and we'll make a decision on what to do with him once he's better,” Redvers added.