Shake Em Loose Will Skip Preakness, Back On Turf

Shake Em Loose is a multiple stakes winner on dirt. He breezed over Laurel Park's world-class turf course Sunday morning. Shake Em and his partner were timed in 51.20 seconds over the yielding course.

Shake Em Loose will skip the Preakness Stakes and will run in the James W. Murphy on Grass at Pimlico Race Course on May 21. He has won three of five races since his claimer-turned-multiple stakes winner on dirt. His previous start on the grass was a 1 1/16-mile maiden special weight at Laurel. He was nominated to the Triple Crown by the late deadline for $6,000. The horse finished third behind Joe in Federico Tesio. It offered a free pass to Triple Triple-Crown-nominated horses. Shakin It Up is a Grade 1-winning dirt sprinter.