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Cyber Secret added to Triple Crown nominations list The roster of three-year-old Thoroughbreds nominated to compete in the classic races of the American Triple Crown has grown by one with the addition of Charles J. Cella's Cyber Secret, who was omitted from the initial roster of 397 early nominations because of a clerical error. This year's 398th nominee is a Kentucky-bred son of Broken Vow trained by Lynn Whiting, who scored his only victory in a Triple Crown race with Lil E. Tee in the 1992 Kentucky Derby. Cyber Secret collected his second win in four career starts in a 1 1/16-mile allowance race at Oaklawn Park on February 4 by 5 1/4 lengths. He started his career with trainer Chad Brown, but was transferred to Whiting when the colt was purchased privately by Cella after a seventh-place run behind unbeaten Triple Crown nominee Gemologist in the Grade 2 Kentucky Jockey Club on November 28 at Churchill Downs. Officials at Churchill Downs said information on Cyber Secret was not added to the list of early nominees after a Triple Crown representative took the nomination at Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs, Arkansas, prior to the close of the early nominations for the three-race series. Stewards at the Louisville track approved the addition of the colt's name to the list of early nominees, which was released to the public on February 4. This year's early nomination period, during which each nomination was accompanied by a $600 fee, closed on January 21. A late period for nominations -- which requires each nomination to be accompanied by a $6,000 fee --will conclude on March 24. The 2012 Triple Crown series begins on May 5 with the $2 million Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs. The second jewel of the Triple Crown is the the $1 million Preakness Stakes, which will be run on May 19 at Pimlico. The American classic series concludes with the Belmont Stakes on June 9 at Belmont Park. The new early nomination total for the 2012 Triple Crown races is a 9.3 percent increase over the 364 early nominees for the three-race classic series a year ago. The roster of 2012 early Triple Crown nominees is the largest since 2009, when 412 three-year-olds were made eligible during the early period. Brisnet is providing free online past performances of all the 2012 Triple Crown nominees at http://www.brisnet.com/brisnet_promos/TC12noms.pdf.
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