page_title: Sol Kumin
section_title: 2016 to 2018 - Justify and the Triple Crown
hierarchical_section_title: Sol Kumin / Horse Racing / 2016 to 2018 - Justify and the Triple Crown
caption_attribution_description: Justify wins 2018 Belmont Stakes
context_page_description: Sol Kumin is an American business leader, Thoroughbred racehorse owner and philanthropist. In May 2018, he became the first owner since 1952 to have Kentucky Oaks and Derby winners in the same weekend. He was a co-owner of Justify; winner of the Triple Crown - one of the hardest feats in sport.
context_section_description: At the Arlington Million in Chicago in August 2017, Kumin had two successes with Beach Patrol winning the Arlington Million and Dacita the Beverly D. Stakes.  He went on to say he “had an unbelievable day" and that the Million was "the race we’ve been waiting for a year." Following his horses' performances through the year, Kumin finished fourth in the 2017 Eclipse Awards behind Juddmonte Farms, Winchell Thoroughbreds and Godolphin Racing.
  In March 2018, Kumin bought stakes in two Kentucky Derby contenders; Audible and Justify. After My Boy Jack won the Lexington Stakes and gained 20 qualification points, this would mean that Kumin had three runners in the 2018 Derby.
  Justify would go on to win the race, with Audible finishing third and My Boy Jack fifth. This topped off a successful two days for Kumin after another of his horses; Monomoy Girl won the Kentucky Oaks the same weekend. With two wins, Kumin became the first owner to achieve the Derby-Oaks double in 66 years. Topping off the weekend was another of his horses Yoshida who was victorious in the Old Forester Turf Classic.  Of the weekend, Kumin commented "It was  a  ridiculous  weekend.  We  had  two  awesome  days  with  the  Derby/Oaks  weekend  and  winning  three  grade  ones." 
  Later that month, Justify landed another victory at the Preakness Stakes meaning it had won two of the three Triple Crown races with the third to be decided the following month at the Belmont Stakes.  The win meant that Kumin's horses had won the Preakness Stakes in two out of three years.  Justify then went on to win the Belmont Stakes, and thus became only the 13th Triple Crown winner.
  In August 2018, Kumin's horse Catholic Boy won the Travers Stakes in Saratoga Springs, New York.  Of the win, Kumin said "The Travers was a bucket list race for me."
  In November 2018, Monomoy Girl would follow her Kentucky Oaks' win with victory in the Longines Breeders’ Cup Distaff.   The following month, Uni took Kumin's Grade 1 wins in 2018 to 24 when it won the Matriarch at Del Mar.   Kumin would finish 2018 with 74 graded wins in total. Of Kumin's 2018, Bob Ehalt wrote that the year was "remarkable" and had "unprecedented accomplishments".
  At the end of October 2018, Lady Eli was sold at auction to Hill ‘n’ Dale Farm for $4.2million as a broodmare. She was carrying her first foal at the time of sale. The next month saw another of Kumin's highest profile horses leave his roster when Mind Your Biscuits retired, with Shadai Farm in Japan taking full ownership.
caption: Justify wins the Belmont Stakes.
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