HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – She Be Smooth has certainly come a long ways in a short time. Saturday, she became a Grade 2 winner in just her second lifetime start, doing so in style with a convincing six-length victory over the 25-1 My Miss Mo in the $225,000 Davona Dale Stakes at Gulfstream Park. She Be Smooth got a late start, launching her career January of her 3-year-old season, rallying from just off the pace to a relatively easy 2 1/4-length victory over Prom Queen going a mile in her debut. Prom Queen flattered the performance, returning to win her maiden in one-sided fashion just three weeks later. Trainer Todd Pletcher said that factor helped give him the confidence to step She Be Smooth up into graded stakes company at second asking. With Flavien Prat aboard for the first time, She Be Smooth dropped more than a dozen lengths off a lively early pace, an opening half in 46.15 seconds, set by Omaha Bay and prompted from her inside by My Miss Mo. She Be Smooth began to advance while saving ground on the second turn. She continued her bid while angling out to the middle of the track entering the stretch, then readily ran by the embattled leaders a furlong from the wire, steadily increasing her advantage thereafter. My Miss Mo held on gamely to be second best, finishing a half-length in front of On Time Girl, the easy winner of the Grade 3 Forward Gal four weeks earlier, who raced wide throughout and was never a serious factor as the 4-5 favorite.   :: Get Gulfstream Park Clocker Reports from Mike Welsch and the Clocker Team. Available every race day.  She Be Smooth, a Calumet Farm homebred, completed a mile in 1:37.78 over a fast track and returned $13.60. “She’s a filly who has been steadily improving," Pletcher said. “I thought her last couple of breezes before her debut were steps in the right direction. She came out of the race and put in a couple of good works, which also gave us confidence to give this a try.” Pletcher said he and Prat both expressed their surprise that She Be Smooth fell back as far as she did during the early stages of the Davona Dale. “We thought on paper there was quite a bit of pace in the race and that it should set up well for her, but she surprised us that she dropped back as far as she did,” Pletcher continued. “But once she angled out at the top of the stretch she really had her momentum going in full gear and at that point was able to deliver a good run.”     She Be Smooth earned 50 points toward the May 1 Kentucky Oaks, with the second- through fifth-place finishers earning 25, 15, 10, and 5, respectively.  Pletcher said despite her first two victories coming at a mile, She Be Smooth acts like she does the farther, the better. Pletcher hinted that would the 1 1/16-mile, Grade 2 Gulfstream Park Oaks here on March 28 would be the next logical target. “I’ll talk to the Calumet guys and firm up a plan, but the filly is two for two over this track so it makes sense to stay here for the next one.” :: Want to learn more about handicapping and wagering? Check out DRF's Handicapping 101 and Wagering 101 pages.