Gulfstream Park Oaks: She Be Smooth looks to remain perfect

She Be Smooth will be tough to topple in Gulfstream Park Oaks

A maiden special weight in late January doesn't figure to be a harbinger of what to expect in the marquee event for 3-year-old fillies here each winter, the Grade 2 Gulfstream Park Oaks. But, sure enough, the first two finishers that afternoon, She Be Smooth and Prom Queen, will meet again nine weeks later as the favorites in the $250,000 Kentucky Oaks qualifier.

Will She Be Smooth Cruise in Gulfstream Park Oaks? Analysis, Picks

The two-turn challenge is the only obstacle possibly preventing She Be Smooth from heading to the Kentucky Oaks (G1) with an unblemished record. She Be Smooth faces six rivals in the Gulfstream Park Oaks (G2), her final tune-up before heading to Kentucky. The GP Oaks is the companion event to the main event on Gulfstream’s Saturday card: the Florida Derby (G1). The GP Oaks winner snags 100 Kentucky Oaks qualifying points, more than enough to gua…

Gulfstream Park Oaks: She Be Smooth looks to remain perfect

Calumet Farm’s Grade 3-winning homebred She Be Smooth has lived up to her name thus far in a fledgling career that has seen her go unbeaten in two starts. The next challenge awaits Saturday when she steps up again in company, this time as the likely favorite in the Grade 2 Gulfstream Park Oaks. The 56th running of the 1 1/16-mile Oaks for 3-year-old fillies is part of a program featuring 10 stakes, five graded, anchored by the Florida Derby (G1)…