Kumin Joins The Steeplechase Community

[Wandering Eyes]

If you check out the entries for the second race at Tennessee's Percy Warner Park, the Sloan maiden hurdle, and notice the connections and turquoise and pink silks of the number three horse, first-time starter Montmartre d'Ange, they might ring a bell. The gray four-year-old French-bred son of Montmarte is owned in part by Sol Kumin's Madakat Stable (along with Paul and Molly Willis, and CFC Stables).

Kumin, 47, races under the Madaket name and also is involved in numerous partnerships with many of thoroughbred racing's most prominent owners. His roster of horses includes such heralded recent names as Triple Crown winner Justify, Monomoy Girl, Lady Eli, Midnight Bisou, Yoshida, Whitmore, Mind Your Biscuits, Authentic, Exaggerator, and Catholic Boy. So how did Kumin come to be involved with a jumper?

“I have a friend named Paul Willis from Boston that has been raving about Keri (Brion) and he owns jump horses and trains with her. I started doing some diligence on her operation and I liked what I saw and learned. I plan to send her a few flat horses as well to train. I love horses and I love racing. I truthfully don't know much about jump racing, but I feel like I am in good hands and will ease my way in and see if it's enjoyable. I expect it will be.”

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