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Before graduating from high school, I decided to get a job and attended an editorial design course for six months. After graduating from high school, I worked as an advertising company and freelancer for nearly two years in Seoul and Jeju Island. I wanted to know about horses that I first encountered in Jeju. So, I recklessly joined the racehorse production team at Sung Isidol Ranch and worked for about two months. Working at Jeju Airport, where working conditions were good, whenever I was off, I went to the horse rink to help me work and rode a horse to ride a rehabilitation horse, and I thought I wanted to study horses and rehabilitation horses properly. With the introduction of the horse-riding instructor I knew at the time, I met Professor Kwon Seung-joo. During the interview,
Friday, February 13 2026 - 01:46 AM
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The reason I asked for an interview with the Horseback Industry Journal is that it is a media company that understands the situation in the horseback riding industry more than other media companies. I don't think I will do any more interviews at the athletes' council. The perception that horse riding is an aristocratic sport has declined a lot, but it is a pity that horse riding is considered bad and sold due to the Choi Soon-sil incident. Not only horseback riding but also all sports and the sports industry itself are on the back foot. It is hoped that not only young athletes who ride horses but also many others will have more opportunities to experience horseback riding. Woo Jung-ho, president of the National Federation of Horseback Riding Athletes, asked for an interview with the newspaper, pointing out that support is needed for athletes' protection and training,
Friday, February 13 2026 - 01:41 AM
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Whatever the group, Samsung and Hanwha, paid 1.5 billion won, 1.6 billion won a year, applied for the association, or did, it helped the players. Horseback riding is an event without government support, so you can't compete without a company sponsoring it, and it's hard to participate in the Olympics.Until now, the chairman's office has been handled by the Korea Racing Authority, Hanwha, and Samsung. Because the company continued to support the money there, the association was able to run and host matches. You might say that 1.5 billion won is small, but if you pay for it every year, the company should be considerable. Although the Korea Racing Authority is said to be a company related to horses, the company's former chairman liked horseback riding, and applied. It would not be easy for Samsung and Hanwha to take over the chairman's office of the Horse Racing Authority in another company that has nothing to do with horses. We are athletes.
Friday, February 13 2026 - 01:33 AM
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Most athletes start exercising with the ambition of winning medals in the Olympics and Asian Games. I don't think I'll just go to college while riding. Students who go to college and compete in the next Asian Games will participate in school classes and exercise with the dream of trying out for the next Asian Games. In preparation for the Olympics, he applied from various fields, starting with the off-season training. Because Samsung spent money and provided support for the development of horseback riding, we were able to participate in the Olympics and Asian Games and win a medal. After the Olympics, we can go out and guide other athletes and deliver their know-how, which is huge. All horseback riders know that Samsung has developed a lot in horseback riding. No matter how much sports you wear only panties and hold shoes, development is difficult without sponsors.
Friday, February 13 2026 - 01:20 AM
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How good is it for us to ask the equestrian for an apology from the president? And I fully understand the news conference about the fact that they suffered damage due to Choi Soon-sil. Isn't it unfair from their point of view that executive director Park Won-oh came down and said something while the referee was watching? I hope that one person, Jeong Yu-ra, will not harm Amon's special athletes. Most of the students exercise since they were young and still take time out of school. All special athletes don't do it like Jeong Yu-ra. I have a friend who goes to college among the students I teach now. I go to Hanyang University, but I can't come today. Tomorrow, he takes classes, and he comes to exercise after 3 p.m. He takes classes, and he comes to exercise even if it's late in the afternoon. Most of them are like that. Few athletes quit school.
Friday, February 13 2026 - 01:10 AM
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This is the part that demanded the resignation of Samsung, the current chairman of the Horse Racing Association. The players are grateful for the fact that a large company called Samsung supports them as the chairman of the Horse Racing Association. Horse racing is an unpopular sport, but it has invested in and contributed to the development of Korean horse racing. If Samsung steps down from its chairman's position right now, how will the horse racing association operate right away and how will next year's competition be held? It is nonsense to just demand Samsung's resignation without any countermeasure. He did not think about our horse-riding athletes and horse-riding people. What they said at the press conference was not all of us horse-riding people, but as victims. They are not integrating the opinions of all horse-riding people.
Friday, February 13 2026 - 12:49 AM
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In addition, team leader Shin advised, "When choosing a horse at a foreign horse auction, you should choose a horse suitable for the domestic environment, rather than placing importance on the compost or lineage." In addition, it was well received by presenting tips for efficient auction participation, main points when observing bridging-up, main points when conducting a horse body test, and main points when participating in an asking price through experience in actual situations. Jang Byung-woon, head of the race system transition TF team of the Korean Racing Association, explained the change in handicap racing following the introduction of the rating, saying, "We will announce the preliminary rating of the first-tier handicap race in October this year and the adjustment of the rating immediately after the race."
Thursday, February 12 2026 - 11:10 AM
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The opposition committee held a news conference and criticized Chung's order to come up with new measures instead of holding the Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs Ministry and the Korean Horse Association accountable. It also argued that Chung should immediately hold the two organizations accountable and withdraw the relocation of the over-the-counter sales office in Yongsan.Meanwhile, horse industry officials have raised the argument that the actual normal operation should be guaranteed in order to conduct an accurate and fair evaluation with the formation of a pilot operation evaluation committee for the over-the-counter sales office in Yongsan. With the current pilot operation limited to the three floors, even if the evaluation committee admits to the opening, there is a high probability that the opposition will raise the issue again.
Thursday, February 12 2026 - 10:33 AM
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Meanwhile, students from Hangil Information and Communication School visited the site to experience horseback riding at the JHC Comprehensive Horseback Riding Center on this day. Chairman Seo Seung-tae welcomed students who were alienated and abandoned by society and said, "I hope to find confidence through horseback riding," adding that the association will visit the site in the future and support the horse-riding program for free. Kwak Chil-sun, vice principal of the Hangil Information and Communication School, said, "The KRA Korean Horseback Riding Society has been sponsoring horse-riding programs for juvenile students since three to four years ago with the Ministry of Justice. 22 students are supported twice a week for three periods, and there is nothing like horse-riding in psychological treatment and character education." He also said, "As part of a program for the underprivileged, we are healing students' anger and emotions, and when I saw last year's report, all the students were satisfied.
Thursday, February 12 2026 - 10:29 AM
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Jeju Island was designated as a special horse industry zone on Jan. 2 this year, but the Korean horse industry is still in its infancy. It is also time to prepare for the growth of the horse racing industry, which will become a major sports activity in the 30,000 dollar era. However, there is a limitation that Jeju has only a group of producers. Experts from all walks of life, companies related to value-added industries, and travel agencies joined forces to develop the horse industry, a new growth engine. The association's vice-chairman and seven instructors are all top talents who have graduated from Korea's leading horse-related departments and graduate schools. The current board of directors consists of university professors and teachers, former Jeju education chiefs, agricultural and fisheries representatives, and ranch representatives. The first horse riding center in Byeon-ri is offering after-school classes and adult horse riding education programs.
Thursday, February 12 2026 - 10:16 AM
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Jeju Island was designated as a special horse industry zone on Jan. 2 this year, but the Korean horse industry is still in its infancy. It is also time to prepare for the growth of the horse racing industry, which will become a major sports activity in the 30,000 dollar era. However, there is a limitation that Jeju has only a group of producers. Experts from all walks of life, companies related to value-added industries, and travel agencies joined forces to develop the horse industry, a new growth engine. The association's vice-chairman and seven instructors are all top talents who have graduated from Korea's leading horse-related departments and graduate schools. The current board of directors consists of university professors and teachers, former Jeju education chiefs, agricultural and fisheries representatives, and ranch representatives. The first horse riding center in Byeon-ri is offering after-school classes and adult horse riding education programs.
Thursday, February 12 2026 - 09:29 AM
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Although it was regrettable that it was 11th out of 13 horses in the last race, the Godolphin Mile Competition, it is said that it has shown a further improvement in Korean horse racing. And Choi Byung-bu, who faced "Triple Nine" until the final round, kept his promise with horse fans. To see the four competitions in which "Triple Nine" competed in person, I met Choi Byung-bu, who showed his affection by traveling back and forth to Dubai four times. I think that "Triple Nine"'s advance to the final round of the Dubai World Cup was meaningful in confirming the level of domestic horse. The footprint of "Triple Nine," a representative horse of Korea, on the world's best stage after being selected as the representative horse of the year for the second consecutive year, confirmed the current capability of Korean horses and also gave the current location of Korean horse racing.
Thursday, February 12 2026 - 09:28 AM
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Members of the Pukyeong Horse Association, which is largely divided into Seoul, Jeju, and other regions, showed considerable interest in the horse racing system and the horse racing industry as a whole, with more than 70 people attending the Pukyeong Horse Racing Seminar, which was held for the second time since last year's first member seminar.Co-operatives. It refers to a non-profit organization in which farmers and small and medium-sized business owners, who are economically weak, gather to purchase, produce, sell, and consume goods in cooperation. There have been no cooperatives in the horse industry. Although the union was promoted mainly by some representatives of horse racing courses, it is still sluggish due to the practical problem of not sympathizing with the union's philosophy of pursuing "non-profit" or not finding a leader.
Thursday, February 12 2026 - 09:26 AM
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Some pointed out that some delegates spent operating expenses recklessly. It was inevitable because there were several changes in the project last year. Originally, the plan was to hold a youth equestrian event in the square in front of Seoul City Hall, but it did not go well. Then, the plan was to change it to a park behind the National Assembly building in Yeouido, Seoul, and push for it again, but it failed at the end. As the plan was finally changed to hold it within the Korean Racing Authority, the association decided to do it directly from the event progress to the establishment of the venue. Earlier, there was a budget that considered the installation of stands and LED lights necessary to hold it in other places, but it seems that it was a lax operation in the process of implementing it.
Thursday, February 12 2026 - 09:23 AM
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In addition, CEO Kim explained in detail the current status of Korean horse racing through a comparison of sales and number of people admitted over the past decade, and announced that the external environment of Korean horse racing is in extreme difficulty, saying that the reality that the Yongsan branch is struggling is not irrelevant to the contraction of the horse racing industry.Seok Young-il, a professor at Seorabeol University, said, "World horse racing is a crisis," and argued that "For the development of horse racing, the authority of the horse racing must live." With more than 30 years of professional experience, Seok introduced various history and behind-the-scenes stories about world renowned horses and said, "The bloodstream is a persimmon after a certain amount of study. The bloodstream changes in three years, so one has to study endlessly. All parents of Surabret are of prestigious family backgrounds. Horses run to survive."
Thursday, February 12 2026 - 09:20 AM
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His love for his hometown is unusual. In September 2014, he donated 30 million won in prize money to the Yeongcheon City Scholarship Association in the name of Yeongcheon Ace, who won his first competition. In September 2015, he donated the racehorse Dream Yeongcheon to Yeongcheon City and donated scholarships to the Pukyong Horse Association every year. "If it were another city, it would have been awkward to give a scholarship for a horse to be ranked first," said Lee Jong-hoon, the face-to-face. "It was possible to do this because Yeongcheon City, which is also my mother's hometown, is a horse industry city." When asked about the sluggishness of the project to build Yeongcheon at Let's Run Park, he said, "Let's Run Park Yeongcheon can develop only when Yeongcheon citizens love horse racing." Horse racing is an entertainment industry, not a gambling, gambling or speculation industry.
Thursday, February 12 2026 - 09:19 AM
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Due to prejudice against the horse industry, we met by chance, but when we saw "Seokseth Story" playing an active role in Dubai, we felt proud to face each other. It is now a great joy and fun to work in the horse industry, one of the pillars of Korea's industry, he said. "I think I did a really good job after facing each other. It's the best choice in my life." As for the secret to maintaining good grades, he said, "There are not many things we can actually face each other," and added, "Basically, I trust the assistant teachers and managers. Trust is the most important thing." The reason why he performed so well in Dubai was also emphasized, "It's not because I did it, but because of the assistant teachers and managers who did all the hard work, such as not sleeping at night and managing.
Thursday, February 12 2026 - 09:13 AM
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I learned how to handle horses at the Hong Kong Jockey Club, where horse management is operated in the traditional British way for a long time, and went to various places. I read a lot of foreign books on the psychology and behavior of horses. I don't know much about the situation because I can't ride it as well as athletes, but I have a lot of books on how to handle horses under the saddle and the psychology and communication of horses. You can read a lot of books as a basis for researching that much, not being proud. In addition, there is a hope that Korean equestrian will be exposed to a lot of books on horses. Rather than doing something that will be awarded, I think that messages of horse welfare and respect for life have been recognized by gaining sympathy and favor from readers through books and blogs.
Thursday, February 12 2026 - 09:06 AM
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Personally, I think the horserace has a duty to retrain its riders. A horse that has been retired from the race should be trained on a horse that is healthy, people-friendly, and not overly excited. Retired racehorses are highly likely to hurt their joints, scared, surprised, and sensitive because they carry out tremendous exercise in adolescence. Retired racehorses should be provided with appropriate protection and a safe environment to build trust while understanding their anxious psychological conditions. However, even retired racehorses, which have been trained as riders, are not suitable for beginners who are new to horseback riding. I hope the upper and lower levels of horse riding will handle it.In Hong Kong, 30 to 50 horses are retired every month, but when racehorses entering the racetrack are retired,
Thursday, February 12 2026 - 09:03 AM
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As the Korean Racing Authority advocates full-scale innovation, the first model of the over-the-counter sales office in Yongsan is the over-the-counter sales office. However, due to opposition from some residents and civic groups, the company is only conducting a trial operation limited to three floors, and various programs aimed at co-prosperity of local communities have not been introduced, putting efforts to change the Korean Racing Authority in vain. The Korean Racing Authority is well aware of the limitations of the existing over-the-counter sales office and problems that could be derived. Therefore, various over-the-counter sales office models have been prepared and suggest ways to co-exist with local communities.However, there should never be a pre-blocking of even the opportunity to attempt improvement due to voices of opposition only for negative perceptions.
Thursday, February 12 2026 - 08:58 AM
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Usually, when you wake up in the morning, you feed them, clean the stall, and check their temperature, pulse, and breath to know the condition of the horse. Then, you do solo grooming, dig your hooves, move to a working machine, or warm up and work out together. If you sweat, you take a bath and fill up the hay mesh. Then, I let them graze here and there. It's a routine, although it's always flexible. When I first went to the Korean equestrian rink, I was surprised by the corn. In foreign horse races, even beginners learn without cones in a large horse racecourse, and adults learn how to ride the horse with a pony at first. Some horse races in Korea are divided into corn or iron pipes. I thought it would be a dangerous environment if a rider falls. Of course, not all foreign countries are in a good environment,
Thursday, February 12 2026 - 08:56 AM
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It is also argued that normal operation should be carried out on Fridays, which are not currently in operation, in order to assess the impact of the infringement of learning rights raised by the opposition. Recently, the Yongsan OTC has decided to cancel all educational special lecture programs originally planned for September. Initially, Yongsan OTC Office planned to hold four special lectures on education every Thursday for free during the month of September, including child personality diagnosis and conversation, career choice, university entrance strategy briefing, and learning to utilize children's strengths.However, due to calls from the instructors in charge of the special lecture and some residents calling for the lecture to be canceled at the Yongsan OTC, the special lecture was canceled entirely out of fear of another conflict between local residents over the special lecture.
Thursday, February 12 2026 - 08:56 AM
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This book is the first step to becoming friends with horses. "Happy Horse Riding" was possible because of her, Kate Park, an author who believes that she can overcome the prejudices and limitations of species and communicate with horses through constant effort. Kate Park, who is talking with glossy horses under the indigo blue sky of Jeju's middle mountain range, headed to Jocheon-eup at once to meet her. I would like to start a February romance with Horswisper and Kate Park in Jeju. In general, horses have lived in a natural state, so they thought that the natural hills and hills were suitable for horses to live in. The spaces of the Jocheon Majang made efforts not to damage the environment of Jeju.
Thursday, February 12 2026 - 08:53 AM
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I hope we can give more students a chance. I hope the horseback riding experience program will be of great help in preventing re-flight." It is argued that normal operation should be pre-empted for a fair and objective evaluation of the Yongsan OTC sales office.Prime Minister Chung Hong-won recently called for active dialogue and proactive measures on the Yongsan OTC issue at a meeting of executives as politicians joined the conflict over the Yongsan OTC. In response, the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry quickly shortened the trial period of the Yongsan OTC to the end of September and called on the Ma Association to devise and implement a plan to operate transparently and fairly by forming an evaluation committee composed of neutral and objective personnel.
Thursday, February 12 2026 - 08:51 AM
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Since the late 1980s, I have been taking my children with me to volunteer. Perhaps because of the impact, my children are still not stingy in making donations. One time, I went to volunteer with my oldest daughter to support her. After my parents passed away and I was a student living with my grandmother, but after my grandmother passed away, I had nowhere to go. Then the oldest daughter said, "Dad, I have nowhere to go, can you stay with me?" and asked me about it. We were together like that, and I came forward to find my birth mother. After searching, I found out that my mother was in Japan, and I guaranteed her and sent her to her to my birth mother in Japan with the cooperation of the school teachers. I later heard that she had a hard time going there, but she is still close friends with her eldest daughter.
Thursday, February 12 2026 - 08:48 AM