Idol will continue training for comeback at Santa Anita

Idol, unraced since winning the Grade 1 Santa Anita Handicap in March, is proceeding toward a comeback and is scheduled to be transferred from the San Luis Rey Downs training center in San Diego County to trainer Richard Baltas’s stable at Santa Anita this week.

Baltas said on Sunday that Idol will be nominated for the Grade 1 Awesome Again Stakes at Santa Anita on Oct. 2, but stopped short of committing the 4-year-old to the $300,000 race at 1 1/8 miles.

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Idol, owned by Calvin Nguyen, has worked consistently at San Luis Rey Downs in recent weeks, including six furlongs in 1:13.20 on Saturday.

Idol has won 3 of 6 starts and earned $416,464. Idol was sidelined in the spring with a minor injury.