INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Trainer John Shirreffs’ Nereid and Jeff Bonde’s Cambina finished in a dead-heat tie for victory in the Grade 1, $250,000 American Oaks on Saturday at Hollywood Park.
Ridden by Joe Talamo and making her stakes debut, Nereid went straight to the lead in the turf marathon for 3-year-old fillies and held on into the stretch, but Cambina and jockey Martin Garcia caught her at the wire and forced the draw in a wild ending with less than a length separating the first five finishers.
