Seventeen days later, with Ryan again in the saddle, she started joint-favourite for a similar event over one mile on soft to heavy ground at Gowran Park and recorded her first victory as she led for most of the way before drawing away in the final furlong to win "comfortably" by 3+1⁄4 lengths from High Heels.

[5] On 6 August at Leopardstown the filly was stepped up in class for the Group 3 Silver Flash Stakes and started a 14/1 outsider in a field of eight with Ryan again taking the ride despite being unable to claim his apprentice weight allowance.

[6] Shale raced in second place behind the pacemaker Finest before taking the lead a furlong out and holding off the challenge of the favourite Pretty Gorgeous (trained by Donnacha O'Brien's older brother Joseph) to win by one and a half lengths.

She in mid-division but was unable to challenge the leaders and faded in the closing stages to come home sixth of the ten runners behind Pretty Gorgeous, finishing almost seven lengths behind her old rival.

[10] In the official European classification of for 2020 Shale was given a rating of 113, making her the equal best two-year-old filly of the season alongside Pretty Gorgeous and Campanelle.