Sol Kumin
American businessman and racehorse owner
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| 2024 | National Treasure wins the Pegasus World Cup Invitational. Citizen Bull wins the Breeders Cup Juvenile. Spirit of St Louis wins the Pegasus World Cup Turf. |
| 2024 | Gave an interview to Maxim magazine discussing his father's involvement in horse racing, noting it has given his 82-year-old father 'a new lease on life'. |
| 2023 | Two Phil's, owned by Sol Kumin, finished second in the Kentucky Derby. National Treasure, also owned by Kumin, won the Preakness Stakes. |
| 2021 | At the 2020 Eclipse Awards, three of Kumin's horses are successful: Whitmore (Male Sprinter), Authentic (Horse of the Year / 3 Year Old Male), and Monomoy Girl (Older Dirt Female). |
| February 2021 | Purchased the New England Black Wolves lacrosse team as part of an ownership group, with plans to relocate the team to Albany, New York. |
| 2020 | Three of Kumin's horses win Eclipse Awards: Uni (Female Turf Horse of the Year), British Idiom (Two-Year-Old Filly), and Midnight Bisou (Older Dirt Female). |
| 2020 | Authentic wins the Kentucky Derby and Breeders' Cup. Madaket Stables finishes the year as leading owners in North American earnings. |
| June 2020 | She's a Julie wins the G1 Ogden Phipps Stakes and Monomoy Girl wins the G2 Ruffian Stakes. |
| April 2020 | Whitmore wins the Count Fleet Sprint Handicap and Charlatan wins the Arkansas Derby. |
| March 2020 | Whitmore wins the $147,000 Hot Springs Stakes for the fourth consecutive year. Wells Bayou wins the $1 million Louisiana Derby (G2) at Fair Grounds Race Course. |
| February 2020 | Mr Monomoy wins the $400,000 Risen Star Stakes (G2) at Fair Grounds Race Course. |
| 2019 | Midnight Bisou, owned by Sol Kumin, was named Champion Older Female Horse. |
| 2019 | Coal Front wins the $1.5 million Godolphin Mile in Dubai, marking Kumin's third straight year of winning a million-dollar graded stakes on the Dubai World Cup card. |
| 2019 | Midnight Bisou wins the $750,000 Grade 1 Apple Blossom Handicap at Oaklawn Park. |
| November 2019 | At the Breeders' Cup at Santa Anita Park, Kumin's horses British Idiom wins the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies and Uni wins the Breeders' Cup Mile. |
| August 2019 | Two of Kumin's horses claim Grade 1 wins: Midnight Bisou wins the Personal Ensign Stakes and Mind Control wins the H. Allen Jerkens Memorial Stakes. |
| 2018 | Kumin was promoted to co-president at Leucadia Asset Management. |
| December 2018 | Uni won the Matriarch Stakes at Del Mar Fairgrounds, bringing Kumin's Grade 1 wins in 2018 to 24, with a total of 74 graded wins for the year. |
| November 2018 | Monomoy Girl won the Breeders' Cup Distaff, following her earlier Kentucky Oaks victory. |
| November 2018 | Mind Your Biscuits retired, with Shadai Farm in Japan taking full ownership. |
| October 2018 | Lady Eli was sold at auction to Hill 'n' Dale Farms for $4.2 million as a broodmare, carrying her first foal. |
| September 2018 | Kumin took up the role of Chief Strategic Officer at Leucadia Asset Management, LLC following the merger. |
| August 2018 | Catholic Boy won the Travers Stakes in Saratoga Springs, New York, a 'bucket list race' for Kumin. |
| June 2018 | Justify won the Belmont Stakes, becoming the 13th Triple Crown winner and completing a historic racing achievement for Kumin. |
| May 2018 | Justify won the Preakness Stakes, marking Kumin's horses' victory in two out of three years at this race. |
| May 2018 | Becomes the first owner since 1952 to have both a Kentucky Oaks and Kentucky Derby winners in the same weekend, a significant achievement in Thoroughbred horse racing. |
| April 2018 | Kumin announced a merger between Folger Hill and Schonfeld Strategic Advisors. |
| March 2018 | Kumin purchased stakes in two Kentucky Derby contenders: Audible and Justify, bringing his total Derby runners to three, including My Boy Jack. |
| 2017 | Lady Eli, owned by Sol Kumin, was named American Champion Female Turf Horse after winning six out of six starts before being sidelined by a nail injury and laminitis. |
| August 2017 | At the Arlington Million in Chicago, Sol Kumin achieved a remarkable day with Beach Patrol winning the Arlington Million and Dacita winning the Beverly D. Stakes. |
| 2016 | Exaggerator, owned by Sol Kumin, won the Preakness Stakes and retired later in the year. |
| 2014 | Kumin founded Folger Hill Asset Management with over $1 billion in investor backing, including $400 million from Leucadia National Corp. |
| January 2014 | Sol Kumin left SAC Capital, ending his tenure as Chief Operating Officer after helping transform the firm's business development and global strategy. |
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