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".