She Be Smooth A First Graded Winner For Lexitonian In Davona Dale

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Calumet Farm homebred SHE BE SMOOTH (f, 3, Lexitonian–Seattle Smooth, by Quiet American) raced well out of the range of the cameraman for the opening 5 1/2 furlongs of Saturday's GII Davona Dale Stakes, but she entered the picture and finished full of run to become the first graded winner for her sire (by Speightstown) while picking up 50 points on the Road to the Kentucky Oaks.

Allowed to jump at juicy odds of 28-5 off an impressive debut over the Davona Dale course and distance that came at the expense of next-out 'TDN Rising Star' presented by Hagyard Prom Queen (Quality Road), She Be Smooth fell out of the gate and was not rushed into action by Flavien Prat, anchoring herself at the back of the pack as Omaha Bay (Omaha Beach) set the pace a couple of paths off the inside running rail while chased by Imperatrice (City of Light), runner-up to odds-on On Time Girl (Not This Time) in the GIII Forward Gal Stakes. The latter was in range and a touch wide throughout, but surrendered first run to She Be Smooth and plugged on to be a non-threatening third.

Still minding her own business as they continued moving along on the front end, She Be Smooth made stealthy headway hard against the fence, pushed away from the inside under a full head of steam approaching the entrance to the stretch and rolled home a convincing winner. The final time for the one-mile trip over a dry main track was 1:37.78.

Lifetime Record: 2-2-0-0. O/B-Calumet Farm (KY); T-Todd Pletcher

 

SHE BE SMOOTH ($13.60) and she has 50 points to the Kentucky Oaks after winning the $225,000 Davona Dale Stakes (G2) impressively under Flavien Prat. @PletcherRacing trains the 3YO daughter of Lexitonian (@CalumetFarm).

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