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A typical example is producing, raising, and training safe horses, safe horses, and horses familiar to people. The horses of Jeju now do not even look when people call them, run away when they see people, and become wary when people approach them. Foreign words are not like that. It is important that the mindset of producing horses that follow people and are safe, rather than breeding horses simply for the sake of horses, is improved first. Awareness improvement should focus on the issues of how horses are raised and trained, and how products are developed to meet consumers’ expectations. Next, people—specialized personnel—must be created.

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Japan was in a situation similar to Korea’s, but it has continuously passed down the techniques for taming and training retired racehorses, and now possesses world-class techniques for doing so. It contains the words of Instructor Serimachi, an expert in taming and training retired racehorses.Last year, in Yeongcheon, Gyeongbuk, and at Let’s Run Farm Jangsu, mostly trainees from professions familiar to the “training” staff participated in training at a limited location.

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Until the mid-1990s, they bred and trained The Dirty Blood, which had mainly been used as racehorses at racetracks, on their own and used it as riding horses. However, in the mid-1990s, when the European Warmblood began to be introduced in earnest in Korea, the taming and training techniques for retired racehorses naturally disappeared. Centered on professional equestrian riders, warmbloods—physically far superior—began to be ridden, and the unprofitable art of taming and training retired racehorses became a lasting legacy.

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We started the business with three horses at first, but now there are 23, including a medium-sized horse. It explains the process of growth from the initial stage to the present. We really ran with our bodies. There were days when I earned 50,000 won, and days when it rained and I came up empty-handed. When I burned a lot, I even earned 500,000 won, and yet I said I was happy. What started that way has now been recognized for its effort, receiving certification as a sixth-sector industry, and with government support, it is becoming more stable.

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Later, I’d like to open a chain store under the name of our equestrian club. As they are called the young blood of the horse industry, they will do it with passion.Choi Tae-hoon, head of the Yongin Pony Club, expressed his ambition to open a chain store bearing the name of his equestrian club. He said that there were many difficult and challenging hurdles in the process of growing the pony business from just three horses to 23 within a few years. However, by working hard on his own and overcoming difficulties,

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We must also take the lead in training specialized personnel. High school is the basic stage of training, and only after coming to university is one refined into a professional worker, yet there is no place that professionally deals with horse taming and training. While training that uses horses, such as therapeutic riding, is conducted in many places, there is no place that provides training to make horses. Therefore, the Department of Massage at Jeju Halla University focuses on education in horseback riding and on training professional personnel.In the horse industry, production, development, and training serve as the “middle” part of the industry. Just as a tree must have strong roots to be healthy, the fundamental areas of the horse industry—production, breeding, and training—must be developed.

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Most riding arenas receive support related to student riding. I’ve even heard that if this support is cut off, most equestrian centers will go under. Support cannot continue indefinitely, and equestrian operators themselves must build their own strength. If support continues, I won’t make an effort. Our equestrian center doesn’t even receive support for student riding, but it is running fairly well on its own. It’s thanks to working hard on my feet. What I felt on site was that if you work hard, this is a field with plenty of potential.

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The Faculty of Massage at Jeju Halla University, composed of the Department of Horse Resources and the Department of Massage, includes practical training and mounting courses throughout the entire curriculum from the first to the fourth year. Rather than simply learning only the theory of pregnancy, imprinting, and taming, we provide step-by-step practical training on skill development to enhance added value.The curriculum was specialized so that students could be equipped not only in theory but also through practical training. Students receive education throughout their four years that combines theory, practical fieldwork, and hands-on training. The practical training conditions are also excellent, allowing students to do hands-on work at one day a week at horse industry facilities such as ranches, riding centers, and racecourses.

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People from schools for people with disabilities are reaching out asking if I could do therapeutic riding,and places like vocational training schools are also inquiring whether I could provide trial riding experiences.I also received messages from Seoul,which is more than 60 km away,and although the distance was a bit inconvenient,I often went out more for social contribution than for profit.While revenue is important,I also think there is a great need for equestrian operators themselves to lower the barriers to equestrianism and make greater efforts to reach the public.

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Among them are some that are crossbred between Warmblood and Hanlama, as well as Shuttlelands, Miniatures, and others.Ponies are usually bred and then sold in many places like experience farms. The one we bred from Hallamarang and Warmblood is so good that we’re not selling it and are using it ourselves right now. It’s a very good thing, so I have no intention of selling. Halla horses are being sold in large numbers at the riding stable. Our riding club is located outdoors,

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Seeing that I learned horseback riding as quickly as the other kids, the riding instructor even praised me. And by the time I was riding for the third time, the instructor even said, “Would you consider helping me work at the riding stable?”While preparing for the university graduation presentation, I thought of the pony riding business in simple terms to match the children’s level of understanding, and after graduation, after going through the preparation process, I officially started the business.

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The useful information related to childcare and education seems to have become indirectly promoted through a culture of sharing among parents. To meet this interest and expectation, they also hold events from time to time. During extremely hot or cold seasons, we also hold major discount events, and we try to provide services tailored to customers, such as handing out delicious snacks like ice cream or drinks to young children who visit the riding club.Since they are young entrepreneurs and around the same age as the parents,

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All related subjects concerning the horse industry qualification exam have been included in the curriculum. Students advancing to the third year this year are taking their first exams, and we also provide private tutoring so they can prepare for the tests in separate classes. I secretly look forward to seeing what the result will be. Although the average pass rate isn’t very high, I plan to start in March so it can be higher than average and prepare accordingly.Since the first grade, the curriculum has included an English education program, and special group tutoring is also being provided for languages such as German and Japanese. They are using the school break to send students abroad for training, helping them develop adaptability to the local environment.

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The students also find it fun. It provides an opportunity to gain employment by choosing where you want after experiencing the field for four years.The faculty is also on par with any university. The full-time faculty ratio is high, with as many as five full-time professors. Dr. Oh Un-yong, who recently took early retirement from the Livestock Promotion Institute, was also recruited starting this semester. Faculty members with strong track records in production and training, excellent practical field skills in areas such as health management, horsemanship, and racehorse training, and rich experience, are also invited to teach as adjunct faculty members from the Korea Racing Authority. In particular, since it is also the university’s responsibility to preserve and develop Jeju’s horse culture and history, Professor Jang Deok-ji, an expert in this field, is also serving as a visiting professor in our Department of Equine Studies.

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For now, I’m getting a lot of inquiries about the program from nearby kindergartens and schools. The first time regular customers visited our equestrian club, they were very satisfied with the program and spread a lot of word-of-mouth about it. As word spread among parents, inquiries came in one after another, and when demand for the horseback riding program grew to a certain scale, kindergartens and schools would also follow up with group inquiries.

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On the same day, Moon Dae-rim,a preliminary candidate for governor of Jeju Province, also released a statement regarding Father McGrinchie’s death, saying,Father McGrinchie is a true saint who worked for Jeju his entire life. He also said,Although his body has left us,Father McGrinchie’s affection and love for Jeju will continue to touch the hearts of Jeju people like a warm spring rain, adding,In honor of Father McGrinchie’s wishes, we will devote ourselves fully to building a warm economy,a prosperous Jeju,

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Believing that one cannot approach God unless one is free from poverty, he was awarded the Order of Industrial Service Merit for Stone Pagodas of Korea in 1972, and in 1975 he received the Magsaysay Award in the International Understanding category.In recognition of his service for over 60 years,he was awarded the Order of Civil Merit, Moran Medal,in 2014, and was also selected as a recipient of the President of Ireland Award.Father McGlinchey’s funeral hall was set up until April 26 at the Korean branch of the Congregation of Saint Columban of Seongbuk-gu,

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In March 2002, Seong Isidore Hospital reopened as the Seong Isidore Welfare Clinic with a hospice focus, and thanks to the support of donor members and the assistance of the Isidore Rural Development Association, it operates completely free of charge.In 2003, they built a racehorse ranch with a total site area exceeding 4.9 million square meters, and began sales operations and owner activities focusing on horse breeding and training and acclimatization. In 2007, while expanding the horse massage facility,

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The Faculty of Massage at Jeju Halla University, composed of the Department of Horse Resources and the Department of Massage, includes practical training and mounting courses throughout the entire curriculum from the first to the fourth year. Rather than simply learning only the theory of pregnancy, imprinting, and taming, we provide step-by-step practical training on skill development to enhance added value.The curriculum was specialized so that students could be equipped not only in theory but also through practical training. Students receive education throughout their four years that combines theory, practical fieldwork, and hands-on training. The practical training conditions are also excellent, allowing students to do hands-on work at one day a week at horse industry facilities such as ranches, riding centers, and racecourses.

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We must also take the lead in training specialized personnel. High school is the basic stage of training, and only after coming to university is one refined into a professional worker, yet there is no place that professionally deals with horse taming and training. While training that uses horses, such as therapeutic riding, is conducted in many places, there is no place that provides training to make horses. Therefore, the Department of Massage at Jeju Halla University focuses on education in horseback riding and on training professional personnel.In the horse industry, production, development, and training serve as the “middle” part of the industry. Just as a tree must have strong roots to be healthy, the fundamental areas of the horse industry—production, breeding, and training—must be developed.

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After moving to Suncheon, he served as an auxiliary priest at Suncheon Cathedral for five months, and in 1954 came to Jeju as a missionary of the Congregation of Saint Columban and was assigned to Hallim Chapel of Jungang Parish.Father McGrinchie, who witnessed the harsh reality of Jeju struggling in poverty due to the Jeju 4·3 Incident and the Korean War, took the lead in modernization by establishing a livestock-based foundation and setting up social welfare facilities.

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A typical example is producing, raising, and training safe horses, safe horses, and horses familiar to people. The horses of Jeju now do not even look when people call them, run away when they see people, and become wary when people approach them. Foreign words are not like that. It is important that the mindset of producing horses that follow people and are safe, rather than breeding horses simply for the sake of horses, is improved first. Awareness improvement should focus on the issues of how horses are raised and trained, and how products are developed to meet consumers’ expectations. Next, people—specialized personnel—must be created.

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Since taking office as chairman of the Rural Hope Foundation, in partnership with the KRA, last March, he has had a special connection with the horse industry and is regarded as a key figure who can integrate our agriculture and rural areas with the horse industry. While serving as Vice President of the Korea Rural Economic Institute, he attended a forum on improving the racehorse tax system for the development of agriculture and livestock, and served as an advisor to the Korea Rural Horse Industry Association.

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After making it clear that the public interest function of agriculture had not yet been enshrined in the Constitution, he said that tasks would be assigned to establish the foundation for national agriculture and to formulate and develop a new policy philosophy, adding, “I ask everyone to unite in support for the stable development of our agriculture and the resolution of issues concerning farmers and rural areas, and I will do my utmost with all my heart and sincerity to fulfill my duties.

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Meanwhile, Kim Byung-hong, head of People Who Like Horse Racing, is scheduled to hold a discussion with Shin Woo-chul, owner of Busan Gyeongnam Racecourse, on Sunday, June 10 at LetsRun Park Pukyong, under the theme The Horse Racing Industry from the Perspective of Owners and Customers. The reporting team planned this interview as a special feature to commemorate the journal’s launch in June, intending to focus on the current situation, the past and present of the horse racing industry, and its future.