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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
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In fact, I couldn't study. The school expelled me for not paying tuition even though I finished the middle school curriculum. I was a field engineer and started working part-time at a casting factory in Yeongnam in the second year of middle school. Working so hard in the field, I was given the role of building a government complex in 1970, and I helped. After completion, I was awarded the highest engineer's commendation at the Government Complex. I was working with a German engineer at that time, and I wanted to know advanced technology of Germany. But whenever a German worked, he locked the door and didn't teach me the technology. So I learned it while staring at the ceiling in four places. A German fought me, went back to his country, and worked with the technology I saw.
Thursday, February 12 2026 - 08:44 AM
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When I asked the islanders, they said they needed musical instruments such as Punggeum. At that time, Punggeum was about 1.5 million won, but they sent it to school at their own expense. When I visited the school in Ijakdo to deliver the traditional Korean traditional music, all the students lined up on the playground and clapped their hands in gratitude. It was so touching to see students come out to the playground and applaud even though it was a cold winter. And when can someone like me who has lived only in the industrial field as an engineer speak to the students while standing at the church? A few days later, I was impressed once more. I went home and students from Ijakdo sent some 70 to 80 thank-you letters.
Thursday, February 12 2026 - 08:41 AM
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Before I got hurt, I felt like I was shedding tears, but it's sad to think about it. I could have gotten rehabilitation treatment these days. It's a pity that I couldn't care about my business at the time. If I were the person I am now, I would never have let him participate. After he died, he served 49 times and erected a monument on his birthplace. In 2013, he also paid 3 million won to build a statue of Mr. Park in Busan and South Gyeongsang Province. In fact, he had been volunteering since the early 1980s. Back then, he started volunteering while working for the Lions Club, but as he did volunteer work, he became interested in the scholarship project. Now, the number of Lions club members has increased and the number of districts has increased,
Thursday, February 12 2026 - 08:37 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 - 08:34 AM
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I asked him to allow me to live comfortably on the ranch where he was born after treatment without euthanasia, but he said that it was difficult to treat in reality, so I had to euthanize him. In the U.S., there was a similar case with a broken leg, and he said that he had treated him for six months, but he failed in the end. He euthanized him because he thought he was suffering only from words. Some people said that he was trying to get insurance. Some people say that they don't even get insurance if they are over the age of 5. The misunderstanding was resolved only when an explanation message was posted that "Mr. Park" is not eligible for insurance and that insurance is not available.
Thursday, February 12 2026 - 08:32 AM
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Kim Moon-young, CEO of Racing Media, who presented the race, pointed out that the current military system needs to be completely reorganized through a comparison of the racing system between Seoul and Pukyong, and argued that horse racing competitions should be improved to a system tailored to individual characteristics. Regarding the distribution of prize money in the ranking, it is necessary to be faithful to the fundamental nature of horse racing, which is the loss of victory, but this forces the sacrifices of the opponents, and said that the profit-making part should gradually increase for the development of the horse racing industry. In conclusion, Kim said that the biggest difference in the system between Seoul and Pukyong can be summarized as stable operation and infinite competition, and argued that the only answer to resolving various conflicts between Seoul and Pukyong is to unify all implementation systems.
Thursday, February 12 2026 - 08:32 AM
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Many of the faces voluntarily donate and contribute to society, but among them, Kwak Jong-soo, better known as the face of 'Mr. Park', stands out. I visited Kwak Jong-soo's office in Seocho-gu, Seoul for an interview on the 24th of last month. When I entered the room, I was filled with various citations and appreciation plaques. What stood out was the certificate of appreciation I received from the National Tax Service. As an entrepreneur, I felt like I had fulfilled my duty to pay sincere tax. I met and talked with Kwak Jong-soo, who practices the spirit of Noblesse Oblige. I have been together since the opening of Let's Run Park Busan and South Gyeongsang Province in 2004. I received two horses from Oh Sang-cheol of the Triple Crown Ranch I was close to at the time.
Thursday, February 12 2026 - 08:30 AM
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Horses are the closest pets to humans, pets. At one point, when I had a horse, I would turn on music every morning to wake them up. If you are a true lover, you should know that it is important to see your horse's breathing and see your own breath and ride a horse instead of letting them work hard. Before riding a horse, I talk to a horse and walk for about 30 minutes. Horses understand all that. Isn't that what you mean? Koo Ja-woon, a horse riding in Haman County Horseback Riding Park. He was a true lover who studied horses for a long time, raised horses, and joined horses. At 82 years old, he was a child and a child of his own. "Kiss," the sweetest, said it is important to communicate with horses for 30 minutes before riding. After getting off the horse,
Thursday, February 12 2026 - 08:27 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 - 08:25 AM
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This is to express his gratitude to the employees here for their hard work for the county residents. When asked what is another advantage of Haman-gun Horse Racing Park, he summarized it in one word, "There are no sick horses." Some of the horses that have been applied are not suitable for beginners, but the place is paying special attention, such as reassignment. He also did not miss out on the exercise effects and functions of horseback riding. "The best exercise for mental and physical health is horseback riding," he said, stressing that many people regard it only as a high-end sport, but it should be popularized. When I visited Italy, I saw a private horse riding center and a stallion facility, and it was impressive that the members rode horses for their own exercise without stopping.
Thursday, February 12 2026 - 08:20 AM